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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

Calcasieu Parish Expands Eureka Math² Implementation After Successful Pilot

After years of using Eureka Math®, Calcasieu Parish Public Schools (LA) decided to launch a small pilot of the new Eureka Math²™ curriculum in the...

Setting Students Up For Success: How Lesson Design Supports Students In Building Knowledge

Curricula can intentionally help students build knowledge through thoughtful design that attends to topic sequencing, scaffolding, and breadth and...

Supporting English Learners in Science Instruction

There are many times when students are hesitant to participate in class, especially English learners. Supporting language development is important...

Meet the Wit & Wisdom Fellows: LaCrystal Wiggins

As a secondary educator and Literacy Coach at the Stadium School in Baltimore, Maryland, LaCrystal Wiggins has seen firsthand the effects of a...

Meet the Wit & Wisdom Fellows: Alex Evans

English Language Arts Coach Alex Evans has been an educator for 10 years with the Urban Choice Charter School in Rochester, NY. Having been drawn to...

Watering Up: Teaching Wit & Wisdom® to Emerging English Learners

In 2019, 5.1 million students—10.4 percent of students across the US—were formally identified as English learners (National Center for Education...

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