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Rachel Stack

Rachel serves as Great Minds' Chief Academic Officer. She leads a team of teacher–writers who craft coherent, knowledge-rich content. Rachel joined Great Minds in 2015 after serving as vice president, Literacy Content and Instruction, for Scholastic Education. She has more than decade of experience as a teacher. Rachel began her career teaching third and eighth grade in New York City. She then taught high school world and American literature in Pittsburgh. Rachel received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Vassar College as well as a master’s degree in secondary education from Hunter College, City University of New York.

Rachel Stack

Wit & Wisdom Rises to the Top in Thoughtfully Crafted Curriculum Pilot

The time had come in Westside Community Schools (NE) to search for a new K–8 English language arts curriculum. With new state ELA standards in place,...

Achievement Descriptors and Student Understanding

You’ve heard it before: Mastery builds over time. But what does that look like? Eureka Math2® Achievement Descriptors (ADs) detail how skills and...

Building a Library to Support a Purposeful, Joyful Volume of Reading

This month, we turn our attention to the Volume of Reading libraries in Wit & Wisdom® and Arts & Letters™. The Volume of Reading text lists were...

Build Real-World Science Knowledge Through Real-World Connections

What are phenomena? Scientific phenomena are observable events that students can ask questions about and that can be explained or predicted through...

Unlocking Reading Comprehension: The Power of Activating Prior Knowledge

Hi Teacher Friends, Lori and Melissa from the Melissa & Lori Love Literacy podcast are taking over this month’s blog. We’ve hosted over 150 podcast...

Coaching Teachers and Building Connections Across Grade Levels with Eureka Math²

After successfully piloting Eureka Math² in school year 2021–2022, KIPP Northeast Elementary (Denver, CO) moved to full implementation of the...

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