How to enter:
Step 1: Write an 800-word (or less!) blog post that answers the question: What’s one action educators can take to create more inclusive and equitable classrooms that foster a culture of high academic expectations for all students?
Step 2: Submit your entry via email to crivero@studentsachieve.net by December 31, 2019.
Then:
Three entries will be selected as finalists by an internal panel. The winner will be determined by visitor traffic during “competition weeks” in February 2020. Grand prize: $150 Amazon gift card.
Non-finalists whose posts are selected for publication will be eligible for upcoming competitions open only to Aligned authors.
Deadline: December 31, 2019
About the Author: Student Achievement Partners is a nonprofit dedicated to improving student achievement. Our central priority is to significantly impact literacy and mathematics outcomes for K-12 students nationally, with a particular focus on accelerating academic progress for students who face barriers of racism or poverty. We serve as an advisor to educators around the nation as they align content and instruction to academic standards in literacy and mathematics. We focus on increasing the availability of high-quality, standards-aligned instructional resources; increasing awareness and selection of those resources by educators; and building the capacity of educators to align instruction for all students to challenging standards. Our day-to-day work supports all facets of coherent, content-focused instructional systems that reflect the latest research on what works for raising student achievement. We support individual classroom teachers, districts, states, partner organizations, publishers, and many others to provide students with the rigorous academic experience they deserve.
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