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...
The Opportunity Trust launched a $50K Reinvention by Community Fund to give direct decision-making power to members of our community most impacted by racial and educational inequity. Learn more and apply
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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
By Kim Townsend, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at The Opportunity Trust When my daughter turned three this year, my husband and I began to look into private school...
The Opportunity Trust invests in educators and school systems eager to build the capacity required to make significant and measurable change.
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