K12 Coalition News

Teachers make as many as 1,500 decisions every single day. Naturally, some of these decisions will have more positive outcomes than others. Having the outside opinion of a coach can help teachers identify and fix their weak points. Video-based professional learning has revolutionized coaching, combining pragmatism with researched-backed efficacy.

Teacher retention is an ongoing challenge for districts across the country, but at Raymore-Peculiar School District in Missouri, we achieved an impressive 93% retention rate in the 2023–2024 academic year. How? A robust and supportive mentorship program that supports the “whole teacher” by encouraging growth, development, and long-term commitment.

Since 2010, what began as a nonprofit converted to a for-profit in 2017 but stayed true to its purpose-driven roots and is now nearly a million members strong. Teaching Channel is now composed of more than what it started as. Learners Edge, Insight ADVANCE and Teaching Channel have joined forces under the Teaching Channel umbrella.

K12 Coalition, a leading provider of products and services that enable K-12 education leaders and teachers to achieve meaningful gains in their students’ academic performance, announces it is now a Certified B Corporation™ (B Corp). A B Corp certification is a third-party standard by global nonprofit B Labs, requiring companies to meet rigorous social sustainability, environmental performance, employee welfare, and accountability standards, and to be transparent to the public on how they are assessed. By meeting these demanding standards, K12 Coalition joins a growing global movement of companies using business as a force for good.

Teaching Channel, a leading provider of online professional learning for educators, today announced that it has been chosen by The Innovation Project (TIP) to support teachers throughout North Carolina through a $21 million Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program (TSL) grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

The Institute of Education Sciences recently released the results of a study into the efficacy of video coaching at approximately 100 elementary schools in 14 different districts. It found that five cycles of video coaching improved both teacher practice and student achievement. Those effects were most pronounced, on average, among teachers with five years of experience or fewer.