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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

Investigations: How do they help build knowledge?

Hands-on experiences are essential to science learning. Through hands-on activities and investigations, students explore science up close and...

Two Teachers Share How Adopting Wit & Wisdom® Shifted Test Preparation

Over a decade ago, E.D. Hirsch and Robert Pondiscio argued that reading tests are actually tests of knowledge. In other words, the more a student...

Keep, Stop, Start: Preparing for a State Assessment

This Month’s Focus Our focus this month turns to state testing. Testing occurs each spring, but for many educators testing feels particularly...

How To Support Math Students With The Universal Design For Learning Principles

How do UDL Principles Apply to the Design of the Cockpit of a Fighter Jet and a Math Lesson? First, let’s provide a bit of context. In this popular...

Improving Readability In Math Without Compromising Rigor

How do You Improve Math Text Accessibility? Imagine the experience of a beginning reader, a child with dyslexia, or a multilingual learner...

All Students Can Read Complex Texts

Research shows that meeting students where they are by providing easy-to-access texts will not prepare students for reading beyond the classroom....

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