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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.

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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.

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Filtering by Tag: social emotional learning

Tools & resources to navigate virtual learning

Kate Shanahan

With the pivot back to virtual learning over the last few weeks, we want to re-elevate a series of virtual learning tools and resources to help educators ensure student success. Additionally, we want to honor the humanity of this moment by encouraging educators to nurture both the heads and the hearts of their students as well as themselves and their colleagues; adults whose own social-emotional needs are not being met are unlikely to be able to promote social-emotional wellbeing or academic success in the students they serve.

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Looking for new resources for the new school year? Try the Choice Board Challenge!

Kate Shanahan

Are you feeling ready to tackle the challenges and opportunities of this school year? These new resources, from twelve trusted education organizations, can support you in everything from prioritizing students’ mental health, to accelerating academic instruction, to identifying new lesson materials! Share each resource you explore on social media using #choiceboardchallenge2021 to be entered to win an Amazon gift card!

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Harlem school striving toward educational equity through strong social-emotional learning practices

Kate Shanahan

Two years ago, staff at PS/MS 206 Jose Celso Barbosa in East Harlem, New York took a hard look at their school’s data. They discovered that even though there were nearly twice as many Latinx students at their school as there were Black, their Black students--particularly male--were two to three times more likely to be suspended. Since then, they’ve begun engaging in the three processes required in working for educational equity: learning, unlearning, and advocating.

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Case study: Combining social emotional learning and rigorous academics to support the whole child

Kate Shanahan

Compass Academy was founded on a vision of creating a safe learning environment for students using a social emotional learning model. How can personalized learning that “meets students where they are” also ask them to engage with content above their current level?

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