Libby Sunkari, Author at The Opportunity Trust

4.7.214.7.21

An Historic Election and Opportunity For Transformational Change in Education

Dear Colleagues and Friends, Yesterday, we elected our city’s first Black woman as Mayor! We also chose three new school board members in St. Louis....

Teachers & School Leaders

3.31.21

Strengthening Governance: Opportunity Trust Launches Board Leadership Academy to Support Collaboration and Excellence in School Governance

In fall 2020, the Opportunity Trust launched a Board Leadership Academy in partnership with national board capacity-building organization, Education Board Partners. In line with our...

Parent & Community Resources

3.30.213.31.21

Advancing Equity: How Sherita Love Developed the Education Equity Center, an Organization For And By Educators to Develop Anti-Racist Schools

In 2020, the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice brought increased attention to the St. Louis education system’s profound inequities. These events caused Sherita...

Teachers & School Leaders

3.30.213.31.21

Developing Leaders: Catalyst Fellow Dr. Bonita Jamison Selected as Next Superintendent of Maplewood Richmond Heights

Dr. Bonita Jamison is a standout St. Louis education leader who has dedicated her 20-year career to centering the needs of the region’s most marginalized...

Schools & Districts

3.30.214.1.21

Reimagining School: How Two University City School Leaders are Redesigning their Neighborhood School with Innovative New Pilots

Our schools have not been able to integrate new insights on learning science and child development and have been difficult to change over time resulting...

Schools & Districts

3.30.213.31.21

Expanding Opportunity: City Garden Montessori Breaks Ground on New Building, More than Doubles Enrollment, and Launches Teacher Training Program

City Garden Montessori has long been a bright spot in St. Louis’s education landscape due to its unique model, commitment to diversity, and higher than...

Teachers & School Leaders

3.3.214.7.21

Promising Practices: St. Louis Educators Innovate New Approaches to Meet the Needs of Students and Families During the Pandemic

Despite facing increased challenges, St. Louis educators are innovating new approaches to instruction and intervention to better meet the needs of their students. We wanted...

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1.25.21 @4:00pm CST

STEM Early College Virtual Info Session

Join us on January 25 for a virtual information session to learn more about the opportunity to become a STEM Early College Founder through The...

Parent & Community Resources

12.16.2012.16.20

Increasing Access: Blending Online and In-Person Engagement, Navigate STL Schools Reaches Nearly 8,000 Families In Its First Enrollment Campaign

With school schedules and enrollment timelines in flux, families are faced with even greater barriers to finding the best school for their children. Many of...

Parent & Community Resources

12.14.2012.17.20

Empowering Families: Meet Krystal Barnett, a St. Louis Mother Leading a Campaign to Ensure Every Child Has a Learning Recovery Plan

Krystal Barnett launched Bridge 2 Hope in 2019 to unite parents and grandparents exasperated by the lack of quality school options to demand responsiveness from...

Teachers & School Leaders

12.10.2012.16.20

Catalyzing Innovation: The Opportunity Trust Helps Launch Virtual Network of Best-in-Class Innovators in the Midst of COVID

In the pursuit of creating something unprecedented, it is easy to run up against the limitations of our own perspective. Nowhere is this more apparent...

Schools & Districts

12.10.203.4.21

Reimagining School: Investments in New School Models Bring St. Louis to the National Forefront

Remote learning has exposed the ways that traditional school models are failing to meet the needs of children today. While the format of school has...