by Emma McCandless, ANet’s Senior Content Specialist, ELA We have said it before, and we will say it again: what students read matters. Before coming to ANet, I led a 6th grade English class in South Texas and taught Francisco Jimenez’s memoir The Circuit to my students as part of…

Recently, it was announced that Achievement Network (ANet) is among a few notable non-profits across the country to receive a generous gift of $15 million from esteemed philanthropist, MacKenzie Scott. This donation is the largest single gift our organization has ever received. We are deeply honored to be in such…

by Marie Kodama, ANet’s Senior Content Specialist, ELA & Anti-Racism “Marie, why don’t you read aloud this section on Pearl Harbor?” I froze. I was in my 7th-grade history class and it was the very first time in my K–12 education in the U.S. that I had read about Japanese…

Good instructional leaders do not necessarily need to be experts on all things educational; rather, they must be reflective enough to take notice of their own gaps in knowledge as a leader and adept at recognizing the unique strengths and talents of those around them so as to lift up…

After spending nearly two decades in the classroom, Washington, D.C. educator Phyllis Shepherd transitioned to a school leadership role at Harmony D.C. Public Charter School at the start of the 20–21 school year. …

David — a fifth-grader at Honey Dew Elementary School in Renton, WA — has been struggling this school year with adding fractions. A few…

In a three-year period, instruction at Ardmore Elementary has completely transformed and students are making incredible academic progress year over year. We spoke with three fifth-grade teachers — Mireya Frederick, Alissa Zaghian, and Lisa Symonds — to learn more about their progress and what’s driving success at Ardmore. Frederick, Zaghian…

What we offer kids to read matters, far beyond academic rigor. — “Miss, back in middle school you had some books about queer people in your classroom… I just want you to know those books helped me know I was going to make it.”

Juneteenth is a commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States on June 19th, 1865, just 156 years ago. The day is marked by jubilation in and beyond Black communities in America as we celebrate Black culture, Black history, and Black liberation. On Juneteenth 2021 in particular, we…