In the minds of school leaders, culture ranks high on the list of priorities: creating a rock-solid community and ensuring everyone plays an active role in fostering the values and beliefs that serve as the anchor for the school.
Principal JoAnn Myers accomplished just that.
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Dear 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.
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Zachary Parker, an experienced coach with ANet District of Columbia, recently wrote to the school leaders he works with on the subject of equity.
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Think about some of the reasons that we assess: to measure growth, as a diagnostic, for accountability/evaluation, or to inform teachers’ instructional decisions.
How could any one assessment do all of those things well?
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An ANet coach shares her reaction to recent events in Baltimore.
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An ANet coach draws passion from inequities not just between, but also within communities.
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ANet’s co-founder and president argues that we all need to pay attention to the harmful biases simple words can communicate.
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We 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.
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