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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

How Families Can Engage Students in Science-Related Conversation

Family engagement has a direct positive impact on a student’s learning success. During every step of the learning process, students must have the...

Explaining Louisiana’s New Knowledge-Rich, More Equitable Reading Test

Louisiana is making important strides to innovate when it comes to state reading assessments, and Lior Klirs, director of assessment for the Great...

How to Engage Students in Class Discussion

Today, science classes have activities that connect to and build on knowledge. Students often design their investigations rather than follow...

Making the Most of Geodes: A Science of Reading Based Approach

Whether you already have a robust Geodes® library or have just begun building your collection, you may have some questions about how to best use...

Sticking to the Deep Dive: One Teacher’s Approach to Language Instruction

This Month’s Focus  The Humanities team at Great Minds® stays updated on the current scientific research on literacy. We bring research to life in...

Examining Scarborough’s Rope: Language Structures

Scarborough’s Reading Rope provides a model for understanding the components of skilled reading. This blog series examines each of the strands of the...

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