What drives us

Our Mission

ANet is a nonprofit dedicated to expanding educational equity for all students. We work alongside leadership teams to support teachers’ use of standards and data to achieve breakthrough results for students.

Our Educational Equity Vision

A guarantee that educators engage all students with meaningful support that they need to reach and exceed a common standard through high-quality instruction.

Our Commitment To Anti-Racism

Prioritizing and advocating for the eradication of racist and oppressive systems and structures throughout the educational landscape by building culture, practices, and leadership skills that guarantee equitable instruction for all students.

Read our anti-racist policy and standards ​here.

Our Core Values

Advance Equity

We seek to understand the role of race, culture, socio-economics and privilege in our partner schools and communities, because we know that inequities persist. We actively reflect on our own and others’ experiences, perspectives, and identities. We take actions grounded in our awareness to enhance the strength of our organization, deepen our partnerships with schools, and positively impact students’ lives.

Bold Thinking

We enthusiastically seize possibilities and act with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are optimistic about the future of education and take initiative to pave new roads towards closing gaps in student achievement. We innovate after careful study and reflection and with disciplined thought. We are intellectually curious.

Drive Results

We maintain a relentless focus on achieving excellence. We are responsible for the outcomes of our schools and recognize that our actions contribute to student achievement and school change.

People Matter

We prioritize the people and relationships that enable our work to be successful. We create a diverse and inclusive environment where our differences are appreciated and we can use our strengths. We operate with humility and a customer service focus because it accelerates impact for students. We encourage personal and professional alignment on our team.

Promote Leadership

We aspire to be change agents in our organization, our schools, and in the broader education reform community. We operate with a high level of integrity, personal accountability, respect, and self-awareness to achieve excellence in our work.

Team First

We achieve results as an interdependent team. We are supportive, responsive, flexible, and considerate in our interactions with one another. We partner with others both inside and outside of our organization because we share accountability for results and want to identify opportunities to learn from each other.