Expanding Opportunity: The Leadership School Opens Its Doors
Seven-year-old Shannon rested her chin on her hand and smiled as she considered what...
Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Alumni
The Opportunity Trust’s Innovative Schools Fellowship (formerly Entrepreneur-in-Residence) program is a two-year incubator that supports future school founders as they design and launch new schools in St. Louis. Meet the visionary education leaders who completed our Entrepreneur-in-Residence program and learn about the innovative school models they built in partnership with their community.
2019-2021 Cohort
Kimberly Townsend
The Leadership School
K-8 school within the boundaries of the Normandy School Collaborative
Colby Heckdorn & Genevieve Backer
Atlas Public Schools
K-5 school in St. Louis City’s Central Corridor
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An Historic Election and Opportunity For Transformational Change in Education
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Good news and bad news on local student performance
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Increasing Transparency: Improving access to state education data
The Opportunity Trust has launched a new website that provides data-informed content about education...
Catalyzing Change: Focusing school boards on student outcomes
A.J. Crabill introduces himself as a student outcomes evangelist. He calls out school boards...
Expanding Access: STL Pre-K Cooperative grows high-quality seats
The number of children attending high-quality pre-Kindergarten programs in St. Louis’s most underserved communities...
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