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Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) begins with a simple but powerful belief: students’ thinking matters, and...

Middle school is a pivotal time in a student’s academic journey—especially in mathematics. It’s often when students...

Student math achievement in the United States is at a crossroads. Despite the tireless efforts of educators, students...

A lot happens in a math classroom. Students process new information, make sense of mathematical concepts, and connect...

Every second, Google processes about 99,000 searches, which is a testament to the amount of data right at our...

As a teacher, you’re probably already providing extra practice problems for your students to complete independently....

It can be difficult for a school district to see large achievement gains the first year of implementing a new math...

Math isn’t just about numbers—it’s also about language. One core belief behind Eureka Math²® is that mathematical...

Think of a time in your life when you encountered a challenging task. To find success, you had to learn new skills,...

When we talk about engagement in the math classroom, we usually picture students leaning forward, hands raised, and...

As a former teacher and administrator, I’ve seen firsthand how challenging it is to meet every learner where they are....

This research details the impact that adopting high-quality curriculum has on student proficiency as measured by...

When new math standards were approved in the state of Georgia in 2021, administrators in Forsyth County Schools moved...

Members of the Great Minds® team recently sat down with Jeanette Ramsey, director of teaching and learning at Northwest...

A study by researchers at the University of Southern California found positive effects of using the Eureka Math^2®...

A look at Smarter Balanced Assessment Scores for Grades 3-5 in the spring of 2024 compared to the spring of 2023

Veteran Writer Explains Why This Is a Big Win for Students and Teachers 

The Great Minds Eureka Math^2®program has been...

When most people think about learning math, what typically springs to mind are the “how” and “what.” How did you solve...

Change is under way in the Beaumont Unified School District, and Dana Gonzalez is excited about what she's seeing.

In this article for Ed Post, Mary Christensen-Cooper and Maureen McNamara Jones reflect on their experiences in the...

Every second, Google processes about 99,000 searches, which is a testament to the amount of data right at our...

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We recently sat down with Candice Jackson—2023–2024 Michigan Teacher of the Year—to learn more about her experience...

In school year 2022–2023, the Public Schools of Robeson County adopted Eureka Math²® district wide in grades K–7. In...

Whether you’rea veteran math educator looking to refresh your skills or a new classroom teacher, we’ve assembled a...

Coherence is a key feature of the Eureka Math²® curriculum. The problem-solving process employed in Grade Levels K–9 is...

Michigan's 2023–2024 Teacher of the Year Candice Jackson wrote this compelling op-ed in the Detroit News about the need...

Response to Intervention (RTI), also referred to as a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), is a framework that...

We want your passion for math to shine this school year. That’s why we’ve compiled our top five most popular...

Johns Hopkins University studied the impact of Eureka Math on grades 4 and 5 test scores within a school district that...

Observational assessments are a great way to gather information about what students currently understand because...

Flexible Tools for Responsive Teaching and Engaging Learning

Why is it a good idea to use  Eureka Math²® in a summer...

You’ve heard it before: Mastery builds over time. But what does that look like? Eureka Math²® Achievement Descriptors...

After successfully piloting Eureka Math² in school year 2021–2022, KIPP Northeast Elementary (Denver, CO) moved to full...

In Eureka Math², students engage with one another through structured instructional routines that get them talking about...

In a comprehensive review of mathematics education research, the National Research Council (2001) concluded “the...

How do you cover an entire range of grade-level content when you have limited time? Eureka Math²® provides a great...

The consistent and easy-to-use materials in Eureka Math²® were made with pacing in mind. Each grade level in Eureka Math

We know that success in algebra begins by building a conceptual understanding of math in the early grades. That is why...

Every math lesson has a learning outcome you hope your students will achieve, which is reflected in the lesson’s Key...

Students build new knowledge during the Learn component of a Eureka Math²® lesson. It is the heart of the lesson, so...

Launch is a small but mighty portion of a Eureka Math²® lesson. Even though it’s often the shortest lesson component,...

Eureka Math® Seasonal Associate Kurt Stielow recently wrote an article in Edutopia, 4 Ways to Make Math Fluency...

Procedural fluency is a key part of a student’s overall understanding of math concepts. That’s why every Eureka Math²®...

Is your school or district adopting new, high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for mathematics in the next few...

Eureka Math® made headlines recently in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.The Fort Worth Independent School District...

Can curriculum and instructional materials be developed to not only support students in building knowledge and skills,...

Nell McAnelly, chair of the board of directors for the Great Minds® Public Benefit Corporation, sat down with two grade...

Eureka Math²® is designed to ensure that students build enduring knowledge. Because students achieve greatness with the...

After years of using Eureka Math®, Calcasieu Parish Public Schools (LA) decided to launch a small pilot of the new ...

Anyone who reads or experiences Eureka Math^2® can see the importance we place on math discourse. Our lessons revolve...

In an article about how to help students make up lost ground due to the pandemic, the Detroit News featured an...

Schools across the country are using beautiful Navajo rugs to teach elementary-school students about shapes and a...

When we partner with our students’ families and make connections with the community, we show students what...

Paragould School District’s (AR) journey with Eureka Math® started in 2014, when they were in search of a curriculum...

As schools across the country go back into session, we know that there is an unmet need for supplies and resources to...

Approximately one in five people have dyslexia, a learning difference that is widely understood to affect how students...

As the school year draws to a close, I’m often asked how to use Eureka Math® in a summer schoolprogram. The real answer...

Perhaps you’ve heard the adage that math is a universal language. Some people may think that, because 1 + 1 = 2 is the...

When you make a large investment in a curricular change—particularly with a high-quality curriculum like Eureka Math...

The first time I opened a Teach book from Eureka Math²™, I was blown away by how easy it was to use. Everything I...

Assessing kindergartners in math can be a challenge. For one thing, young learners may struggle to express their...

You may think of Eureka Math in Sync™ as a resource only for remote instruction, but it’s much more than that! Eureka...

Great Minds® founder and CEO Lynne Munson shares her family’s story and the Eureka Math^2TM story in this post on the ...

How do You Improve Math Text Accessibility?

math lesson for the day. I...

During my days as a classroom teacher, I always planned my math lessons with an eye on ways to authentically engage my...

At Great Minds®, we take student voice seriously. Opportunities for students to engage in discourse about their...

The Pentucket (Massachusetts) Regional School District’s journey to using high-quality mathematics and English language...

So your students have completed the Eureka Math Equip Pre-Module Assessment. Now what? First, view your class report by...

Looking to engage your students in math while ensuring that they have fun at the same time? Grade 2 teacher and senior...

Nell McAnelly has some can’t-miss advice in Edutopia. In a recent blog post, she explains why teachers should empower...

Improved achievement on state tests tell part of the success story at Capitol Collegiate Academy, a K–8 public charter...

Words should not get in the way of learning math. In my classroom, I often noticed that students struggled with the...

I am the coordinator of curriculum and professional development for a medium-sized urban district in west-central Ohio....

Our goal as math teachers is to support all students on their path to success. Assessments should provide information...

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Great Minds Unveils Eureka Math²

Greater student access to rigorous math content is a hallmark of the Eureka Math^2™ curriculum. Supports for...

From my days as a teacher in New York State, I remember the excitement that came with the launch of EngageNY Math/...

I’ll never forget the first time I used the area model to solve complex multiplication problems with my Grade 5...

When my school started using Eureka Math®, teachers prepared to teach lessons one or a few at a time, usually just...

5 RESOURCES TO HELP EDUCATORS GIVE PARENTS EUREKA MOMENTS

We recognize the importance of supporting parents during...

The beginning of any school year can be nerve-wracking, especially with a new math curriculum. The following 5 blogs...

STRATEGIES

Summer is a blissful time when teachers recover from the hectic pace of the school year. It is a time that...

As summer vacation begins, families typically welcome the break from schoolwork. But the end of the school year...

Response to Intervention (RTI) is an approach to academic intervention that helps educators identify and support the...

As teachers, we ask a lot of questions. It’s part of the job. It’s how we learn about our students.

Questions serve a...

The Lake Charles American Press recently highlighted the hard work of Tricia Miller, a Eureka Math® professional...

A few weeks ago, my oldest son got on the bus for his first day of 1st grade, which means he’s trading in his beach...

Response to intervention (RTI) is an approach educators use to identify and support students’ individual learning...

Early in my teaching career, I worried whether some of my students could be successful with grade-level math. I focused...

When I was in the classroom, I sometimes struggled to prepare lessons that met the needs of multilingual learners, who,...

Angela Knapp recalls her anxiety when the Maize Unified School District 266 school board was getting ready to vote in...

Superintendent Shawn Kimble and his leadership team were clear. Despite the many challenges caused by the pandemic, the...

I often find myself thinking, there just isn’t enough time in the day. You may have thought that too. Teachers often...

State testing plays a prominent role in the evaluation of schools, teachers, and students. If you teach at a tested...

Time is one of our most precious resources but as a new Eureka Math® teacher, I didn’t use it wisely. I took the time...

STRATEGY

Teachers often ask for help with assigning grades in Eureka Math. This is understandable: We math teachers share a love...

Words can’t even begin to describe the frustration I felt as both a special education teacher and an instructional...

In a perfect world, every Eureka Math® teacher would get professional development to prepare for teaching Eureka Math...

Every student is capable of greatness. Yet we also know that students come to us with various learning needs and...

As a district math consultant supporting the implementation of Eureka Math®, part of my charge was to ensure that the...

SPOTLIGHT A RESOURCE

Teachers are always learning. Teaching during the pandemic brought Jen VanDragt new insights about her third and fourth...

Students need a better approach to word problems than just key words.

When your students struggle, your instinct may be to jump in and help them. That’s natural. You care about your...

A tape diagram is a pictorial model students can draw to represent a mathematical relationship or to develop...

When working with students, choose language that communicates a growth mindset, not a fixed mindset.

The three building blocks of moving from doing (concrete) to seeing (pictorial) to symbolic (abstract) are particularly...

We know that teachers need to be aware of students’ strengths and needs to help them learn math. But if we wait until...

Exit Tickets are quick formative assessments that can help you make instructional decisions effectively. But with so...

Assessments for learning are formative assessments. Formative assessments are a way to get information about student...

As teachers, we know that grading is a required part of our work. When I first started teaching, the biggest mistake I...

Wednesday, December 9, 2020—An estimated 324,000 California public school students in Transitional Kindergarten–Grade 8...

What does a rigorous mathematics classroom mean to you? When answering this question, many teachers think of how...

A lot of my success as a math student was due to rote memorization. I remember learning the FOIL method to multiply...

As a Grade 5 teacher, I had the same frustration year after year: My students were not fluent in their basic math...

When am I ever going to use this in life?

My students asked me this question all the time. The truth is, I didn’t know...

Are you an educator or administrator who has seen the positive impact Eureka Math® has on your students? Or maybe...

When I first started using Eureka Math®, I planned my lessons by opening the Teacher Edition and turning right to...

Eureka Math lessons typically move from concrete to pictorial to symbolic representations, giving students greater...

When I taught Eureka Math^®, I wanted a strong partnership between the classroom and my students’ at-home experiences....

Math manipulatives are a key instructional strategy for young students. But what happens when math learning is...

At the start ofeveryschool year,but especially this school year,you may wonder, “How do I adjust for missed modules

The educationcommunityhasalways accepted change and adaptedto it.Butit’sprobablyfair to say that we’ve never...

The Eureka Math^® curriculum uses an intentionally selected set of versatile models to support students’ learning and...

To say that the2019–2020 school yearwas out of the ordinary would be an understatement.Because of the pandemic,...

LauraMarie Coleman, a professional development and implementation support leader for Eureka Math®, published this...

Finish this sentence: Math class is about . . .

IDEA Public Schools is one of the largest and most successful public charter networks in thecountry. Started in 2000 in...

“When did you get so good at math?” I asked my 12-year-old son, Tucker, and he couldn’t contain his smile.

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Contact: Chad Colby: chad.colby@greatminds.org

Friday, Sept. 27, 2019—District of Columbia...

For Immediate Release

Contact: Chad Colby: chad.colby@greatminds.org

Friday, Sept. 27, 2019—WFMY News 2 in Greensboro,...

Great Minds embraces the research that knowledge building should start at the outset of a student’s education. But what...

Great Minds® is the only curriculum developer to have earned Tier 1 ratings—the highest possible—from the Louisiana...

We believe every child is capable of greatness—and it’s our job to help them get there. Beyond providing highly rated,...

We sit at the heart of what’s now known as the high-quality curriculum movement. As part of that movement, we believe...

This blog entry is a follow-up to ourEureka Mathpacing webinar series from October 2017. It focuses on the process of...

Grade-level gains from 10 to 38 percentage points on the Florida State Assessment in just one year

David Pittman, instructional coach at Willow Creek Elementary School in Illinois, first discovered Eureka Math® in 2015...

Vermilion Parish Schools (LA) first adopted Eureka Math® in the 2013–2014 school year and the district continues to...

Tillamook School District (Oregon) has had great success with Eureka Math™. Second-grade teachers began implementing...

Caldwell Parish Schools (LA) started implementing Eureka Math® district-wide in 2014–2015, and it is among the state’s...

EDUCATORS TELL THE STORY

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana’s fifth largest district, was one of the earliest Eureka Math®...

FROM THE FIELD

What do we all need more of? TIME! Whether it is time to finish projects in our personal or professional...

AHA! MOMENT

In math education, the term “number sense” is thrown around all the time, ad nauseam. We all want our...

STRATEGIES

A load of bricks is twice as heavy as a load of sticks. The total weight of 4 loads of bricks and 4 loads of...

COHERENCE

When I was a second grader, I thought place value was fairly dull.

STRATEGIES 

As teachers we are pressed for time. We have what seems like a week’s worth of material in front of us and...

STRATEGIES

Given two fractions, how do we compare them? As a young student, the way I learned to compare fractions was...

FAQ RESPONSE

STRATEGY

Traditionally speaking, most schools in the United States teach division of fractions procedurally. Students...

STRATEGY

Young children are passionate and excited as they discover and explore their world. Look at the child pictured below. A...

This blog examines the Grade 7 Modules in A Story of Ratios. Consider the following as an example of the intentional...

SPOTLIGHT A RESOURCE

We are often asked for clarification about the differences between the elementary lesson structure and the secondary...

We all want our students to get it. Not the fifth time…the first time. We want to be wowed, to marvel in their...

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FROM THE FIELD