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Virginia Day

Virginia Day is a Great Minds Implementation Leader for Humanities, supporting districts in New England. An advocate for student success, she spent over 12 years as a reading specialist/special educator in New Hampshire. Virginia is passionate in her belief that all students deserve access to high-quality curriculum and in sharing the Great Minds mission that every child is capable of greatness.

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Empowering Multilingual Learners in Wit & Wisdom
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Empowering Multilingual Learners in Wit & Wisdom

October 17, 2023
In this post, Rebecca Burgess, a Grade 3 teacher in Denver, Colorado, shares how she supports multilingual students in her classroom. Some of...
Content Stages Self-Study Series: Refining Implementation of the Content Stages
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Content Stages Self-Study Series: Refining Implementation of the Content Stages

October 16, 2023
This month’s blog continues the Self-Study Series introduced this summer. In July, we shared Read and Reflect activities designed to support readers’...
Detroit News: Michigan Teacher of the Year and Great Minds PD Associate Candice Jackson Pens Op-Ed To Promote Parent Engagement
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Detroit News: Michigan Teacher of the Year and Great Minds PD Associate Candice Jackson Pens Op-Ed To Promote Parent Engagement

October 12, 2023
Michigan's 2023–2024 Teacher of the Year Candice Jackson wrote this compelling op-ed in the Detroit News about the need to better engage families to...
Best Practices for Developing Community in a Student-Led Classroom
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Best Practices for Developing Community in a Student-Led Classroom

September 14, 2023
Consider the last time you were the “new kid” in a group setting. Perhaps you decided to try a new class at the gym, or finally signed up for that...
Anticipating Productive Struggle in the Focusing Question Arc
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Anticipating Productive Struggle in the Focusing Question Arc

September 13, 2023
The Focusing Question Arc Study Protocol is one tool Wit & Wisdom® teachers use to prepare effective instruction. In this month’s post,...
From Workshop to Wit & Wisdom
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From Workshop to Wit & Wisdom

September 13, 2023
In this blog post, Portland Public Schools teacher Teri Joseph shares her journey from teaching reading and writing workshops to adopting Wit &...

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