Opportunity Institute
Project Title
For applying the science of adolescent learning to school improvement strategies
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
The science of adolescent learning and development illuminates key lessons for how to craft developmentally responsive learning environments that more effectively and equitably support student success. However, this knowledge has not yet been broadly disseminated into the education field nor translated into practical recommendations that educators and leaders can enact. With Corporation support, the Opportunity Institute (OI) launched the Adolescent Learning and Development Project (ALDP), which provides science-informed training and coaching to city, district, and school leaders in underserved communities and shares resources and recommendations with a broader national audience. Continued Corporation support will allow OI to deepen and expand this work in targeted school districts, disseminate resources and findings to a national audience, facilitate training and a community of practice for educators and district leaders, and work with policymakers to support the development of policy roundtables in ALDP communities.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
The pandemic and its unequal impacts in health, income, and education outcomes, along with a reenergized movement for racial equity and justice, have created a great disruption in our society and systems. With the investments enacted to date by the Biden Administration as well as those proposed at both the federal and state level, there is a significant opportunity for transformative change. Through this work, Opportunity Institute will continue to advance the principles of social and economic mobility, equity, and racial justice by focusing on the education space and adjacent areas of social policy, cradle-through-career. Their work in four key areas– whole child equity, resource equity, equity indicators, and the future of work– serves to bridge the domains of policy, research, advocacy, and implementation in service of more equitable systems.
Project Title
For applying the science of adolescent learning to school design and instructional practice
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
18 months
Description
The science of adolescent learning and development illuminates key lessons for how to craft developmentally responsive learning environments that more effectively support student success. However, this knowledge has not yet been broadly disseminated into the education field nor translated into practical recommendations that educators and leaders can enact.The Adolescent Learning and Development Project (ALDP), a project of the Opportunity Institute(OI), will provide targeted, science-informed training andcoaching to district and high school leaderstoinformpolicy and practice recommendations thatwill be the basis for system- and state-wide efforts to scale the design and implementation of evidence-based policies and practices.With Corporation support,OI will:identify and develop training resources for educators;engage three to four districtsin the development of action plans to implement policies and practices aligned to the science of adolescent learning and equity; anddevelop district-specific publications to share what is learned.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
Barriers to equity and social mobility for young people are complex and are influenced by policies spanning early childhood development, pre-K-12 education, work policy, juvenile and criminal justice, and higher education. The Opportunity Institute (OI) uses policy research and education, public media campaigns, on-the-ground partnerships, and network of researchers, advocacy organizations and policy experts to develop and communicate pragmatic recommendations across these issue area silos in order to improve opportunities for young people. OI bridges the domains of policy, research, and action to develop innovative, evidence-based, pragmatic policies and practices that can be scaled to entire school districts and states. Their work is comprised of four distinct but related projects: (1) Opportunity Institute P-12, collaborative, multi-sector community for educational equity; (2) Corrections to College, opportunities for formerly incarcerated youth and adults; (3) Just Equations, re-conceptualizing the role of math; and (4) Whole Child Equity, advancing a whole child strategy.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
Barriers to equity and social mobility for young people are complex and are influenced by policies spanning early childhood development, pre-K-12 education, work policy, juvenile and criminal justice, and higher education. The Opportunity Institute uses policy research and education, public media campaigns, on-the-ground partnerships, and network of researchers, advocacy organizations and policy experts to develop and communicate pragmatic recommendations across these issue area silos in order to improve opportunities for young people. Their work is comprised of four distinct but related projects: Too Small to Fail (children’s health), Partners For (pre-K-12 education), California Competes (higher education), and Renewing Communities (mass incarceration). This grant provides general support to the Institute.