The Spartanburg Academic Movement is both a nonprofit organization and a community movement adopted in 2013 as an all-in partnership of education, business, government, foundation, community and faith leaders across Spartanburg county, all working together in pursuit of high levels of academic success for ALL of our children.
Vision: Economic mobility anchored in academic achievement… County-wide…cradle to career
Mission: SAM’s mission in five words … Data, Research, Equity, Action, Mobility
Data : assembling and analyzing academic data, county-wide, cradle-to-career,
Research: identifying and testing interventions that advance academic achievement,
Equity: implementing interventions holding the most promise to close equity gaps,
Action: refining and scaling interventions through continuous improvement science,
Mobility: aiming for the vision: economic mobility anchored in academic achievement.
The Spartanburg Academic Movement is both a nonprofit organization and a community movement adopted in 2013 as an all-in partnership of education, business, government, foundation, community and faith leaders across Spartanburg county…