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We Are Educators Who Believe Math Can Be Different.
All Learners Network started as a grassroots conversation among math coaches in northern Vermont in 2015, built around a question they couldn’t let go of: if we say all kids can learn, why don’t we teach like it’s true? That question became a project. The project became a network. Our team brings years of combined classroom experience, a deep research foundation, and a stubborn conviction that the right approach to math instruction can change what’s possible for every teacher and every student.
Cultivating a Community of Educators That Promotes Math Equity and Inclusion for All Students.
We built All Learners Network around a straightforward premise: every child can be successful with math. That belief shapes everything we do, from how we design professional development to how we create tools for teachers. We don't start from what students are missing. We start from what they understand, and build from there.
Built by Educators Who Have Done This Work.
John Tapper, PhD, spent 16 years teaching elementary school in low-income, rural Vermont classrooms before earning his doctorate in mathematics education from New York University. His dissertation focused on successful math teaching in high-poverty schools. That grounding in real classroom experience shapes everything ALN does.
John co-founded the All Learners Project alongside district leaders in Vermont, Maine, and Maryland before the Vermont Agency of Education funded its growth into All Learners Network in 2018. He and Chief Learning Officer Sandi Stanhope have published books and research on math instruction, including the ALN practitioner field guide, “Mathematics for All Learners.”
Our full team brings over two centuries of combined classroom and in-school experience to every partnership.
Working with schools and districts
District partners nationwide
In New England alone
Educators on All Learners Online
All Learners Network got its start in Burlington, Vermont, and we are still based there today. Our facilitators and coaches travel across the country to work alongside teachers and instructional leaders in their schools, from rural New England supervisory unions to large suburban districts in Colorado and Maryland. Each partnership is tailored to the community it serves, and yet our approach and commitment to every student stay the same.
Professional Development That Stays with Teachers After We Leave.
ALN works with schools and districts through embedded coaching, professional development workshops, and systems change consulting. Teachers and instructional coaches can also access our full library of resources independently through All Learners Online, our PreK-8 online platform.
Measurable Gains, Especially for Students Who Need It Most.
ALN has published an impact evaluation synthesizing data from ten district partnerships between 2017 and 2025. Across sites, student math achievement improved following ALN implementation, with gains most pronounced in schools that combined coaching with professional development. One consistent finding across every site and every assessment type: achievement gains were largest among historically underserved students, including students with disabilities, students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and English language learners.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions people ask about All Learners Network
All Learners Network (ALN) is a PreK-12 math professional development organization that partners with schools and districts to strengthen math instruction for every student. ALN provides embedded coaching, professional development workshops, systems change consulting, and an online platform called All Learners Online.
All Learners Network works with PreK-12 schools and districts across the country. Services include embedded coaching, workshops, and consulting for schools and districts of all sizes. ALN’s online platform, All Learners Online, is designed for PreK-8 educators.
ALN’s approach centers on High Leverage Concepts, a structured balanced math block (Launch, Main Lesson, and Math Menu), and formative assessment practices. Rather than covering every standard at surface level, the approach focuses instructional time on the foundational concepts that most reliably build long-term mathematical understanding.
Yes. ALN has published an impact evaluation synthesizing data from ten district partnerships between 2017 and 2025. Across sites, student math achievement improved following ALN implementation. Gains were consistently larger among historically underserved students, including students with disabilities, students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and English language learners.
All Learners Network is based in Burlington, Vermont, and serves schools and districts across the United States. ALN has partnered with districts in 19 states, with more than 60 partners in New England and additional partnerships in Colorado, Maryland, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and beyond. Learn more about ALN's professional development services. ALN’s online platform, All Learners Online, is available to educators nationwide and beyond.
Your Math Success Story Starts Here.
The districts we've partnered with most successfully all shared one thing: a willingness to imagine math class working differently for every student.
