Trusting in the Process: The Transition to High-Quality Curriculum

This Month’s Focus The importance of high-quality curriculum is no secret. A 2015 study conducted by the Center for American Progress found that...

Engaging Families in Wit & Wisdom

As educators, we are experts in curriculum and instruction. We understand, broadly, students’ needs and how to help students grow academically....

Structural Design Features for Effective Wit & Wisdom® Preparation

Most educators graduate from teacher preparation programs ready to plan their lessons but not to internalize curriculum. When a school or district...

Prioritized Instruction for the 2021–2022 Academic Year

Prioritized Instruction for the 2021–2022 Academic Year: A Position Paper from the Great Minds® Humanities Team At Great Minds, we believe all...

Preparing for Statewide and Standardized Assessments with Wit & Wisdom®

THIS MONTH’S FOCUS Teachers of English language arts (ELA) know the complexity of their discipline. Reading comprehension is an internal cognitive...

Reflecting and Refreshing for Social Emotional Learning

THIS MONTH’S FOCUS “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” –Eleanor Roosevelt The new year offers a chance for a new beginning—to...

Reading Complex Texts in Wit & Wisdom

THIS MONTH’S FOCUS All Wit & Wisdom students engage in a transferable process—the Content Stages—to read grade-level texts so that all develop...

Building Knowledge with Wit & Wisdom

THIS MONTH’S FOCUS By systematically building students’ knowledge within and across Kindergarten through Grade 8, Wit & Wisdom® embraces and...

A SEASON OF GRATITUDE

Mindy Dorfman is in her 25th year of teaching at Richard Wright Elementary in North Philadelphia. She hastaught nearly every grade there, and has now...

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