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Sarah Webb

Sarah Webb is the senior curriculum designer for multilingual learners in Humanities at Great Minds. Before joining Great Minds, she was an English learner teacher and instructional coach in Dayton, Ohio.

Sarah Webb

Leveled, Decodable, Readable: What Does Research Say About The Right Texts For Your Beginning Readers?
Early Literacy Science of Reading Research Brief

Leveled, Decodable, Readable: What Does Research Say About The Right Texts For Your Beginning Readers?

July 30, 2024
As the Science of Reading has dominated the national conversation around early literacy, educators everywhere have been hard at work bringing their...
Ed Post: Helpful Steps To Reverse Math Declines For Students With Disabilities
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Ed Post: Helpful Steps To Reverse Math Declines For Students With Disabilities

June 12, 2024
In this article for Ed Post, Mary Christensen-Cooper and Maureen McNamara Jones reflect on their experiences in the math classrooms as educators,...
Adoption of Eureka Math² Excites Teachers and Supports Students’ Math Achievement
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Adoption of Eureka Math² Excites Teachers and Supports Students’ Math Achievement

June 4, 2024
Prior to adopting Eureka Math2® for the 2022–2023 school year, New Hanover County Schools in North Carolina implemented Eureka Math ® for one year...
Momentum Builds in Warwick After Year One of Wit & Wisdom and Geodes Implementation
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Momentum Builds in Warwick After Year One of Wit & Wisdom and Geodes Implementation

May 20, 2024
When the Rhode Island Department of Education passed legislation requiring districts to adopt high-quality instructional materials (HQIM), it was the...
Florida Charter School Celebrates Early Literacy Success with Geodes
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Florida Charter School Celebrates Early Literacy Success with Geodes

April 15, 2024
Geodes® books have been in use at Odyssey Charter School (FL) in grades K–2 since the 2021–2022 school year. We sat down with four Odyssey educators...
Transition to Science of Reading-Aligned Instructional Materials and Professional Learning Yields Impressive Gains
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Transition to Science of Reading-Aligned Instructional Materials and Professional Learning Yields Impressive Gains

April 11, 2024
In school year 2022–2023, Elmhurst Community School Unit District 205 in Illinois began implementing new instructional materials aligned to the...

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