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THE LAP GAP?

"We hear about the achievement gap often. What I've noticed in the youngest students is what I call a 'lap gap.' At-risk students have not grown up sitting on someone's lap, hearing books read to them, being hugged and comforted, and being introduced to the world of learning around them. That's the 'lap gap'."

The StriveTogether network is a national alliance of “collective impact” partnerships working to improve education success for every child by bringing together cross-sector partners around a common vision. SAM is a “Sustaining” member of the network.

There are dozens of these collective impact partnerships across the United States building local collaborative action infrastructures to improve education outcomes for every child.

StriveTogether supports these partnerships with resources designed to help them create a civic infrastructure that unites stakeholders around shared goals, measures, and results.

Communities implementing the StriveTogether framework have seen improvements in kindergarten readiness, standardized test results, and college admission and retention.