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

Our Work
All of Public Impact’s work is designed to contribute to dramatic improvements in the quality of K-12 education in the United States. We focus our energy on high points of leverage in our educational system. We have selected our areas of focus, listed in the box to the left, because they hold great promise as levers for change. By clicking each area of focus, you can learn more about the work we do. Across all of these areas, Public Impact employs several strategies to achieve our mission, including:
Devising and advancing visionary but practical ideas about how to improve K-12 education
Scanning both education and cross-industry research to bring the most effective policy and management practices to education leaders
Creating user-friendly tools that help educators, policymakers, and parents do the work that needs doing
Working with leading nonprofit and public agencies committed to implementing cutting-edge ideas
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