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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.

Virginia Day

Achievement Descriptors and Student Understanding in California

You’ve heard it before: Mastery builds over time. But what does that look like? Eureka Math² California Achievement Descriptors (ADs) detail how...

Data Science: The Importance of Incorporating Data into Everyday Instruction in California Classrooms

Every second, Google processes about 99,000 searches, which is a testament to the amount of data right at our fingertips (Flensted 2024). The amount...

Eureka Math² California earns approval from the California State Board of Education

Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2025 -- The California State Board of Education has approved Eureka Math² California® for kindergarten through Algebra 1.

Classroom Strategies that Build Confident Student Writers

Classroom Strategies that Build Confident Student Writers

From Evidence to Impact: What Susan Neuman’s Research Teaches Us About Product, Partnership, and What Comes Next

For decades, the education field has cycled through the same core questions: What works in reading? How do we close opportunity gaps? Why do so many...

Wit & Wisdom: Research in Action

Wit & Wisdom® is a knowledge-building English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum for Grades K–8. Rooted in research and crafted to support all students,...

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