Use the form on the right to contact us.
You can edit the text in this area, and change where the contact form on the right submits to, by entering edit mode using the modes on the bottom right.
177 Huntington Ave Ste 1703 PMB 74520
Boston, MA, 02115
United States
617-725-0000
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.
We’re proud of the expertise our team has built over our ten years, and we'll be featuring contributions from ANetters across the org on topics in which they’ve immersed themselves.
Help us spread opportunity for all students: please share posts that you find valuable with your colleagues. And please add your thoughts in the comments: we would love this blog to facilitate knowledge-sharing in all directions.
Filtering by Tag: literacy
We have said it before, and we will say it again: what students read matters. ANet is dedicated to modeling what diverse and equitable texts can look like in an instructional context, including in assessments, and that students have ownership of their education. We are sharing our own approach as well as tools and resources to support you in making this a reality in your school.
Read MoreANet wants to ensure that students are not just seeing people of color represented in texts about struggle and oppression or in stories where we need to be flawless, heroic, or extraordinary; people of color deserve to be three-dimensional and have a voice in every sphere of life.
Read MoreWe have blamed students and families for students’ inability to read proficiently for too long.
Read MoreAs teachers and leaders work to close the ever-widening literacy gap, are they actually engaging in practices that further inequities for our most vulnerable students?
Read MoreAt Blackstone-Millville Regional School District, student data and teachers’ experiences suggested the need for an in-depth look at the ELA curriculum and instruction. Superintendent DeFalco and his team set out to do just that.
Read MoreMission Grammar School, an elementary school in the heart of Roxbury, MA, took on a big task this year: to ensure that every student has consistent access to and practice with grade-level material.
Read MoreAt Henderson Hopkins K-8 School, attendance is up and chronic absenteeism is down. The number of students meeting or exceeding grade-level expectations doubled. How did they do it?
Read MoreWatch fourth-grade teacher Robin Sands lead students through three different activities that use text passages to build vocabulary, reading comprehension, and collaboration.
Read MoreCraig’s goals for his school are bigger than his team: just eleven teachers and no assistant principal. How did such a small team manage to improve the school’s test scores by a whopping 4.2%—one of the largest positive percentage changes in New York City?
Read MoreSimply stated, text complexity is how easy or hard a text is to read, based on quantitative and qualitative text features. Learn more about how to measure text complexity.
Read MoreA focus question is a text-dependent question that sets a succinct purpose for instruction. It outlines what students should be able to answer in writing as a culminating task and will shape the lesson, or series of lessons, to get students to that point.
Read MoreText talks—those “book clubs” that help teachers plan instruction—represent a completely new approach to planning for most educators. Are you ready to try text talks at your school? Here is Fall Hamilton’s advice for implementing them as part of text-based planning.
Read MoreJust imagine a planning session that leaves you more energized and confident for class—or don’t imagine and watch this video of a text talk!
Read MoreHere are two instructional practices Liberty teachers use to ensure the school’s youngest students become confident, lifelong readers.
Read MoreIn this video, a 4th grade teacher from Fall Hamilton shares her perspective on what it was like to transition from a standards-based to text based approach to planning.
Read More