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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

Great Minds® Announces Conversion to Public Benefit Corporation

For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Friday, Jan. 10, 2020—The nonprofit Great Minds® today announced that its...

The Story of Geodes, Part 1

Note: Great Minds® featured Geodes®, a new library of books for emerging readers, at the ASCD Empower19 conference in Chicago. Remarks follow. Part 2...

New Science Standards Deserve High-Quality Curriculum

For years, US students trended downward in international rankings of science achievement. Our students deserved better.

PhD Science™ Earns Two More Tier 1 Ratings in Louisiana

For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Thursday, October 31, 2019—PhD Science™ from Great Minds® has earned two more...

Munson Celebrates 25 Years of CASEL, Social-Emotional Learning

For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019—Great Minds® founder and CEO Lynne Munson joined the...

Great Minds® Curricula Integrate Social-Emotional Learning with Instruction

For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Friday, Oct. 4, 2019—Great Minds has released analyses detailing how its math...

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