Projects
Opportunity Insights in Classrooms
Supporting educators in bringing big data learning to classrooms and expanding the future of economic mobility scholarship.
Visit Opportunity Insights →Opportunity Insights is bringing its research on economic mobility into classrooms to make it more accessible and to broaden who engages with this work. Rooted in OI's mission to train the next generation of social scientists and practitioners, this effort connects students and educators to the data, tools, and questions that shape the study of opportunity. Through partnerships that create publicly available curriculum and collaboration with educators, OI is working to translate research into real-world learning environments and expand the pipeline into the field.
Andrew Housiaux, Strategic Advisor for Educational Partnerships at OI, leads this initiative.
Guidance from the Field
This work is guided by an Advisory Board of experienced school leaders, curriculum experts, and classroom educators with deep experience connecting research to teaching practice. Board members provide input on curriculum, educator partnerships, and overall strategy, helping ensure these efforts remain practical, relevant, and responsive to the needs of teachers and students.
Dr. Chris Cannon
Associate Director, Georgia Council on Economic Education
Mahmoud Harding
Instructional Design Director, Data Science 4 Everyone
Michael Matsuda
Retired Superintendent of Anaheim Union High School District
Dan Moresco
Math Teacher, Belmont High School (Belmont, MA)
Kiran Purohit, Ed.D.
Vice President of Curriculum and Instruction, New Visions for Public Schools
Jamie Shea
Social Studies Teacher, Belmont High School (Belmont, MA)
Learning in Practice: Opportunity Fellows
The Opportunity Fellows program brings this work into classrooms through direct collaboration with educators. This year-long fellowship supports a cohort of teachers in developing and testing ways to integrate real-world data into teaching about economic opportunity, helping translate research into classroom-ready resources and approaches.
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Fellows
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Subject areas
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Grade levels (K–12)
2026–2027 Opportunity Fellows
This inaugural cohort brings together educators teaching subjects spanning public, charter schools and independent schools across states and Canada.
Lucretia Carter Berry, Ph.D.
Community School of Davidson
Davidson, North Carolina
Scout Boynton
Anna Julia Cooper School
Richmond, Virginia
Rody Boonchouy, Ed.D.
Winters Joint Unified School District
Winters, California
Brenda Brathwaite
Uptown School Complex
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Corbin Berlin Dodd
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California
Matt Foley
Fayette County High School
Fayetteville, Georgia
Christopher Green
KIPP Somos Collegiate
San Antonio, Texas
Michael Herndon
Bartow County College and Career Academy
Cartersville, Georgia
Greg Horesovsky, Ph.D.
Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School
Raleigh, North Carolina
Misha F. Jemison
KIPP NYC
New York City, New York
Elyce Jenkins
High Tech High Mesa
San Diego, California
Marie Luron
The Heritage School
New York City, New York
Scott McKay
Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School
Foothills, Alberta, Canada
Dr. Joelle MW McIntosh
University City High School
University City, Missouri
Jessica L. Miller
Wake STEM Early College High School
Cary, North Carolina
Mrs. Jennifer Ortiz
Anaheim High School
Anaheim, California
Acer Pitas
Big Country Educational Cooperative
Miles City, Montana
LaShundra D. Richmond
i3 Academy Middle School
Birmingham, Alabama
Alison Ritz
The Young Women's Leadership School of the Bronx
Bronx, New York
Stephanie Sa
Launch High School
Brooklyn, New York
Xitlaly Sánchez
Brookhurst Jr High School
Anaheim, California
Taryn Shelton
NC State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
Lemuel Vasquez
La Joya ISD
La Joya, Texas
Dr. Jecenia Vera
Anaheim Union High School District
Anaheim, California
Bring Opportunity Insights to Your Classroom
Are you using Opportunity Insights in your classroom? Do you have questions or want to learn more about this work? We'd love to hear from you.