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Schools & Districts
Transforming Systems: How the Normandy Schools Collaborative is Using Data to Accelerate Change
Five years ago, the Normandy School District lost its accreditation, which triggered Missouri’s transfer law allowing families to move to an accredited district. The district...
Schools & Districts
Catalyzing Innovation: How City Garden and Kairos Academy are Reimagining School
Every parent knows that what one child needs to thrive might be different from another. This belief drives The Opportunity Trust’s investments to develop innovative...
Research, Learning, & Policy
Creating Better Measures: Partnering with Schools to Assess and Improve Social-Emotional Learning
We spent nearly a year meeting with families and educators to hear what they wanted and needed from schools to set children up for success....
Parent & Community Resources
Empowering Families: How WEPOWER is Building Parent Capacity to Lead Change
We believe every parent or guardian wants the best for the children in their care. However, families in St. Louis are often held back by...
Teachers & School Leaders
Developing Leaders: Meet Three New Leaders Committed to Bold Change in St. Louis
In education, as in any sector, talent and leadership are paramount. The Opportunity Trust is focused on developing local talent pipelines and recruiting national talent...
Research, Learning, & Policy
Why The Opportunity Trust for St. Louis?
Listen as Founder and CEO Eric Scroggins describes the need for The Opportunity Trust and the potential we have to change the course of history...
Schools & Districts
Bridging Divides: Building The Community Lab School Model
Genevieve Backer and Colby Heckendorn, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence at The Opportunity Trust, believe passionately that education is the key to unlocking the future of St. Louis. But...
Parent & Community Resources
Helping Families Make Data-Driven Decisions
St. Louis families have access to a wide variety of schools—public, charter, private, and specialty—but reliable information is hard to find. This lack of access...
Schools & Districts
Innovative St. Louis School to Become A New National Model
By Christie Huck, Executive Director at City Garden Montessori School Ten years ago, a group of parents and I helped to found City Garden Montessori,...
Research, Learning, & Policy
Learning from Denver Public Schools, School District in St. Louis County Embraces Bold Change
By Dr. Sharonica L. Hardin-Bartley, Superintendent in University City University City, which is adjacent to the City of St. Louis and Washington University, is politically...
Schools & Districts
Personalized Learning School to Launch Next Fall
By Gavin Schiffres and Jack Krewson, Co-Founders, Kairos Academies When we signed up for Teach For America—St. Louis, we were brimming with excitement and plans....
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