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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

Key Shifts with an NGSS-based Curriculum

With all of the disruptions caused by the pandemic, we’re taking a moment to revisit some of the key instructional shifts that come along with...

It's in the Cards: Having Fun While Addressing Summer Learning Loss

As summer vacation begins, families typically welcome the break from schoolwork. But the end of the school year shouldn’t mean the end of learning....

Eureka Math is Your First Stop for RTI

Response to Intervention (RTI) is an approach to academic intervention that helps educators identify and support the learning needs of individual...

Advancing Student Learning with Questions

As teachers, we ask a lot of questions. It’s part of the job. It’s how we learn about our students. Questions serve a variety of purposes during...

Eureka Math’s Tricia Miller Helps Louisiana School Children Affected by Storms, Pandemic

The Lake Charles American Press recently highlighted the hard work of Tricia Miller, a Eureka Math® professional development specialist and...

Giving Teachers the PD They Need and Want

A few weeks ago, my oldest son got on the bus for his first day of 1st grade, which means he’s trading in his beach towel, bicycle, and...

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