Spartanburg Academic Movement

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.