In 2024, TNTP published The Opportunity Makers: How a Diverse Group of Public Schools Help Students Catch Up- and How Far More Can. Of the 28,000 elementary and middle schools studied where students start out below grade level, five percent help students gain more than 1.3 years of learning per academic year – a pace that catches the average student up to grade level by the time they leave their school. These trajectory-changing schools have maintained that growth for a decade. The seven schools in The Opportunity Makers focuses on three areas that led to extraordinary impact:
Belonging: Creating an emotional climate for learning that activates students’ ability to excel.
Consistency: Delivering consistently good teaching and grade level content for all students.
Coherence: Building a unified instructional program and setting priorities that are clear to all.
TNTP will present The Opportunity Makers to Olathe Educators, with an opportunity for session participants to:
Engage in the research, including how it connects to the four resources named in The Opportunity Myth (2018)
Consider the connections to Olathe’s work and priority to create consistent access to quality instruction for students in Olathe
