Our hearts are with CVPA High School
All of us at The Opportunity Trust are devastated by the school shooting today at Central Visual Performing Arts High School. Our deepest condolences go...
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Scaling Success: Atlas and The Leadership School receive major funding infusion for growth
The Charter School Growth Fund has made a seven-figure investment in two St. Louis-area charter schools – Atlas Public Schools and The Leadership School – ...
Parent & Community Resources
Catalyzing Change: Two Innovative St. Louis Nonprofit Leaders Receive Camelback Fellowship
Two founders of St. Louis nonprofits focused on expanding education equity have been awarded the prestigious Camelback Ventures Fellowship. Julius B. Anthony, founder of St....
Parent & Community Resources
Empowering Community: Giving Grantmaking Decisions to Those Most Impacted
Expanding access to middle school sports. Providing teens and young adults with entrepreneur training. Improving financial literacy at four high schools. Over the summer, a...
Teachers & School Leaders
Developing Talent: Building a Bench of Exceptional School Leaders
Education leaders face a common challenge when it comes to boosting student achievement. They can have an exponential impact on student achievement by effectively coaching...
Schools & Districts
Support SLPS’s Prop S Aug 2nd
We believe all children and teachers deserve a safe, supportive, and joyful environment in which to learn and work. Please join us in supporting Prop...
Research, Learning, & Policy
Collaboration creates change that benefits all St. Louis children
By Keith Williamson This opinion piece originally appeared in The St. Louis American Governor Mike Parson’s signing of a bill that ensures students in charter...
Research, Learning, & Policy
Changing Systems: Equity in Charter Public School Funding Benefits All St. Louis Children
The Missouri Legislature made history on May 12 by fixing the inequity in charter public school funding in a way that will benefit every public...
Schools & Districts
Catalyzing Innovation: Kairos Academies High School Answers the Need For Quality
At the beginning of the school year, Alexa Rojas persuaded her parents to enroll her at Kairos Academies, the charter public school a block from...
Research, Learning, & Policy
Our Position: The Change Our Children Deserve Requires Bold Action and Collaboration
By Eric Scroggins This opinion piece originally appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. For the last three years, The Opportunity Trust has invested in our...
Schools & Districts
Meeting Demand: The Leadership School Prepares to Open Its Doors
Kimberly Townsend looked out into the empty warehouse space in Pagedale in late April and described the transformation about to take shape. A glass-walled main...
Parent & Community Resources
Empowering families: Helping parents navigate the school search process
LaTricia Smallwood’s mind filled with questions as she joined parents inside Beginning Futures Early Childhood Center in St. Louis’s Walnut Park neighborhood. It was time...
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