Expand Supply of Great Schools  

 

Create Conditions for Great Schools  

 

Act Strategically When Schools Fail  

 

Inspire and Equip Parents to Act  
 

PUBLIC IMPACT
504 Dogwood Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919-967-5102
919-928-8473 fax info@publicimpact.com

About Public Impact

Public Impact is a national education policy and management consulting firm based in Chapel Hill, N.C. We are a small, growing team of researchers, thought leaders, tool-builders, and on-the-ground consultants who help education leaders and policymakers improve student learning in K-12 education.

We believe that if we focus on a core set of promising strategies for change, we can make dramatic improvements for all students. Toward that end, we work on initiatives to:

Expand the Supply of great public schools by opening high quality new schools and improving existing ones
Create the Conditions in which great schools thrive, based on education and cross-industry best practices
Equip states and districts to Act Strategically when schools under-perform even after years of interventions
Inspire and Equip Parents to choose schools well and contribute to school improvement
Featured Publications
Improving Teaching Through Pay for Contribution [pdf]. This report published by NGA Center for Best Practices sets forth a guiding principle for teacher compensation - "pay for contribution" - and uses cross-industry research to show how governors can promote pay reform that works.
Picky Parent Guide: Choose Your Child's School with Confidence Picky Parent Guide: Choose Your Child's School with Confidence is the definitive action manual and reference guide for parents on making education choices for their children. The companion website, PickyParent.com, provides additional resources.
School Turnarounds: Cross-Sector Evidence on Dramatic Organizational Improvement. We actually know a lot from the nonprofit, government, business and education sectors about what factors make real turnarounds most likely to succeed. This paper reviews the evidence.
Competencies for Turnaround Success
  Series of resources to help select leaders and teachers likely to be successful in school turnarounds.
Mayoral Academies
  New Rhode Island law allows mayor-led new school networks
School Turnaround Stories
  Real-world vignettes illustrate how school principals have used 14 leader actions to turn around schools
North Carolina Charter Schools
  A report to the Blue Ribbon Commission to guide recommendations to the State Board of Education
Improving Teaching Through Pay for Contribution
  Report published by NGA Center for Best Practices outlines research-based agenda for pay reform
Fund the Child in Ohio
  How Ohio can make its finance system more equitable and effective through weighted student funding
NCLB Remedies in Action
  In a new book examining lessons from a half-decade of NCLB, Public Impact contributes detailed profiles of four “restructured” schools
Quality Authorizing
  This new US Dept of Ed “Innovation Guide” highlights promising practices from leading charter school authorizers nationally
   
   
   
   

 

Public Impact • 504 Dogwood Drive • Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(919) 967-5102 • info@publicimpact.com