Close the gaps in unfinished learning to keep students on track
Kate Shanahan
What can you do when your students haven’t yet mastered the standards they need in order to learn the new concepts in your lesson plans?
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ANet is a nonprofit dedicated to the premise that every child in America deserves an excellent education and the opportunities it provides. We pursue our vision of educational equality in America by helping schools boost student learning with great teaching that is grounded in standards, informed by data, and built on the successful practices of educators around the country.
As a mission-driven nonprofit organization, our primary concern is helping ensure equitable opportunity for all students.
Working alongside schools, we’ve learned that great teaching is grounded in standards, data, and insights shared among educators. We believe a blog can help us make a difference by spreading the ideas and effective practices of educators we work with.
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What can you do when your students haven’t yet mastered the standards they need in order to learn the new concepts in your lesson plans?
Read MoreANet CEO Mora Segal appeared on The Education Conversation with Ryan Knight, a podcast about how individuals and organizations create change in education. Listen to the podcast!
Read MoreI remember vividly my middle school teacher gave us a word search as a final exam. Was this all he thought we could do?
As an adult, I’ve learned that if you set the bar too low for kids, they believe that’s all they’re capable of.
Read MoreDear Friends,
It’s been over five years since I had the great fortune of joining ANet, and I thought I’d share a bit about our progress, motivated by all that feels at stake in educating our next generation.
Read MoreAmong the twelve schools in the Boston Public Schools system to achieve Level 1 status this year was Mildred Avenue K–8 School, which rose to the top for meeting assessment targets. Remarkably, Mildred Avenue progressed to level one from the first percentile—the only school in Massachusetts to do so over the last five years.
Read MoreOur network of over 500 schools is a powerful resource for identifying and spreading best practices. One of the ways we leverage it is by bringing educators together for professional development or roundtable discussions, like an unusual recent gathering of senior administrators at the Skillman Foundation in Detroit.
Read MoreWe believe that addressing the achievement gap is primarily a moral issue. It's about what kind of society we want to live in, what kind of future we want for our country's kids.
But a new study highlights a more prosaic justification for working to make education more equitable: boosting economic growth.
Read MoreChicago’s Alain Locke School is the top performing K-8 charter school in Illinois and was named one of seven schools in the U.S. “Best Closing the Achievement Gap” by the U.S. Department of Education.
What’s the secret sauce leading to Alain Locke’s success? A standout practice is a commitment to ongoing, focused and actionable professional development.
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