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In the Star Herald of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, school principal and science content area specialist Jeremy Behnke highlights the experiential nature of...
As we dive into a new school year, now is a good time to focus on the two “Ps” that can help new implementers begin their journey with PhD Science®...
“We will always believe in the importance of setting high expectations for ourselves, our peers in the classroom, and all students. Everything we craft will always assume that greatness is the goal. We will always believe in teachers and the irreplaceable role they play in the classroom, and we will always believe in the vital role education can play in helping students achieve their dreams." - Lynne Munson |
Shelton Public Schools, located in Connecticut, has been recognized by the state as Schools of Distinction for its success in improving student...
Congratulations to Wit & Wisdom implementation leaders Megan Faughnan and Jessica Boisen, whose article on teaching reading to students with learning...
We’re thrilled that Great Minds® CEO Lynne Munson has a prominent article in this month’s Education Leadership magazine where she shares her insights...
Until recently, elementary writing instruction has received little attention, especially as more educators focus on the science of reading. A new...
Looking for ways to engage parents in math education? Sikeston, Missouri Math coach Kelley Good Branch has some great ideas.
Eureka Math® Seasonal Associate Kurt Stielow recently wrote an article in Edutopia, 4 Ways to Make Math Fluency Activities Fun, that shows how...
Special Ed TODAY recently highlighted the roles Eureka Math2®, Wit & Wisdom®, and Geodes® play in an inclusive curriculum, in a blog post focusing on...
Eureka Math® made headlines recently in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The Fort Worth Independent School District recently shifted to the mathematics...
The Sentinel in Aurora, Colorado recently featuredWit & Wisdom® in an education article spotlighting efforts by teachers in the state to shift to...
With the latest instructional materials evaluation from the Louisiana Department of Education, the PhD Science® K–2 Open Educational Resource (OER)...
The recent release of the Nation’s Report Card presents a cause for deep concern, particularly the shocking statistic that nearly 40 percent of...
In an article about how to help students make up lost ground due to the pandemic, the Detroit News featured an interview with Jill Diniz, chief...
Louisiana is making important strides to innovate when it comes to state reading assessments, and Lior Klirs, director of assessment for the Great...
The July/August/September 2022 edition of Literacy Today from the International Literacy Association features an essay by Rachel Stack, chief...
We’re thrilled that the former Louisiana state superintendent of education is joining our team at Great Minds®. As we recently announced, John will...
For Immediate Release Contact: Nancy Zuckerbrod Nancy.zuckerbrod@greatminds.org (301) 204-9391 Great Minds PBC ® Announces $150 Million Investment to...
Wit & Wisdom® Fellow Britton King had a favorite moment during last winter’s Super Bowl. No, it wasn’t a touchdown or an interception. It was when...
Approximately one in five people have dyslexia, a learning difference that is widely understood to affect how students learn to read. Less recognized...
Worried about the “need” for test prep this time of year and its impact on your teaching? George Galindo, an implementation leader for Wit & Wisdom®,...
Katie Waters, content lead for Wit & Wisdom®, has an op-ed in the Dallas Morning News on positive changes to the Texas state reading test, known as...
When school leaders at P.S. 236 in the Bronx, NY, found that Units of Study, a reading curriculum produced by Columbia University’s Teachers College,...
At the start of the 2021–2022 school year, Nell McAnelly, chair of the board of directors for the Great Minds® Public Benefit Corporation, shared...
Great Minds® founder and CEO Lynne Munson shares her family’s story and the Eureka Math2TM story in this post on the Special Education TODAY blog....
At Great Minds®, we take student voice seriously. Opportunities for students to engage in discourse about their learning appear across content areas...
It’s great to see Jackson County Public Schools get the attention it deserves for taking important steps to improve literacy education. The...
Tanisha Washington, a regional director of implementation services for Wit & Wisdom®, shares her story of getting elementary students to write with...
Let’s talk innovation. Great Minds® Founder and CEO Lynne Munson and Director of Great Minds Schools Steven Shadel have co-authored a blog post on...
There is a lot of talk about how today’s math instruction looks pretty different from how most adults learned math as kids. Math instruction today...
Looking to engage your students in math while ensuring that they have fun at the same time? Grade 2 teacher and senior curriculum developer for...
Nell McAnelly has some can’t-miss advice in Edutopia. In a recent blog post, she explains why teachers should empower students to use journals as...
Great Minds® is pleased to announce that PhD Science® was selected as a winning product of the “Educators Pick Best of STEMTM 2021” STEAM Excellence...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Great Minds Unveils Eureka Math2
Terri Downing offers great advice to parents in an op-ed in the Asheville Citizen-Times.
It’s been an active and destructive hurricane season here in Louisiana where I live and have worked as an educator for three decades. Hurricane Ida...
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Friday, Feb. 26, 2021—In the Forbes.com article, “Baltimore’s Schools Chief Says Curriculum Is Key to Education Equity,” prominent education...
Wednesday, December 9, 2020—An estimated 324,000 California public school students in Transitional Kindergarten–Grade 8 use Eureka Math®/Eureka Math...
In the Star Herald of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, school principal and science content area specialist Jeremy Behnke highlights the experiential nature of...
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ICYMI The Texas Education Agency announced Great Minds® as the creator of Eureka Math for Texas Home Learning for Grades K–5. The TEA release follows.
LauraMarie Coleman, a professional development and implementation support leader for Eureka Math®, published this terrific article, “Build a Bridge:...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Thursday, July 9, 2020—In an unprecedented effort to prevent summer learning...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org (202) 297-9437 Monday, May 18, 2020—Great Minds PBC today announced a new...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Wednesday, May 6, 2020—Great Minds® today announced that the newly developed...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Wednesday, April 8, 2020—Knowledge on the Go™, the free video lesson series from...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Monday, March 16, 2020—Great Minds PBC today announced a new, free series of...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Monday, March 2, 2020—Grades K–2 of Wit & Wisdom®, the English language arts...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Monday, February 24, 2020—Great Minds founder and CEO Lynne Munson today...
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For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020—Great Minds® today announced a new digital assessment...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Friday, Jan. 10, 2020—The nonprofit Great Minds® today announced that its...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: chad.colby@greatminds.org Tuesday, November 19, 2019—Great Minds® is seeking Professional Development...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Thursday, October 31, 2019—PhD Science™ from Great Minds® has earned two more...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019—Great Minds® founder and CEO Lynne Munson joined the...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Friday, Oct. 4, 2019—Great Minds has released analyses detailing how its math...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: chad.colby@greatminds.org Friday, Sept. 27, 2019—District of Columbia Public School students once again...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: chad.colby@greatminds.org Friday, Sept. 27, 2019—WFMY News 2 in Greensboro, N.C., reports Guilford County...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: Chad.Colby@greatminds.org Friday, Sept. 27, 2019—An NBC News story highlights high quality curricula as a...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: chad.colby@greatminds.org Monday, Aug. 5, 2019—Teachers now have the option of using DonorsChoose.org to...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: chad.colby@greatminds.org Friday, August 2, 2019—Great Minds® is now shipping custom Investigation Kits to...
For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Colby: chad.colby@greatminds.org Thursday, July 18, 2019—Starting this fall, New York City Schools Community...
At a time of rising interest nationwide in phonics-focused reading instruction, few California districts are using so-called “science of reading”...
McAnelly & Neira: Give teachers a say in the work they do — including writing curriculum — and a path toward learning and growing as professionals
To the Editor: Kudos to Education Week for rolling out a collection of articles on elementary writing instruction, a vital area of literacy...
AMESBURY — Few things grab children’s imagination like the vast mysteries of space. So when teachers at Amesbury Elementary School received the...
The independent reviewer, which uses a Consumer Reports-like model to evaluate K–12 curricula, gave the newest math curriculum from Great Minds PBC®...
NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor David C. Banks today launched “New York City...
Half of children in grades three to eight fail reading tests. The city’s schools chancellor, who has faulted the current approach, will begin rolling...
Key divisions of Great Minds PBC® are getting new leadership. The changes will help the PK–12 innovator expand its digital and product offerings to...
New York City’s elementary schools will be required to use one of three reading curriculums, a tectonic shift that education officials hope will...
As of Tuesday, May 9, the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s elementary schools will be officially transitioning to a new method of literacy...
Mya Gooden, a sixth grader at Salk Elementary School in Clinton Township, wrote me a letter several years ago as part of a class assignment. As the...
The prestigious award is based on what current employees have to say about working at their company. To earn a certification, seven out of 10...
Sixth grade teacher Jacob Gregory uses basketball to foster a love of math among his students.
Adopting a new math curriculum for grade school students will be recommended next month by the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp.’s Elementary...
ROYAL CITY — Royal schools will be seeing some changes in math after the Royal School Board voted unanimously at its meeting Monday to adopt new K-3...
It’s not headline news, but it is a tale of concern: New Mexico ranks 50th in the nation in fourth-grade math proficiency. It’s tough to refute...
The chancellor of New York City Public Schools, David Banks, made a promise in January to end the city’s free-for-all approach to curricula...
Leaders of education organizations say there are pragmatic steps organizations can take to strengthen their businesses amid prevailing uncertainty.
It was a joy to read the article, “Quick Ways Teachers Can Encourage Students to Listen to Each Other” (April 19, 2023). Too often, we forget that we...
PhD Science®, an elementary school science curriculum developed by Great Minds PBC®, has earned high marks from WestEd, an independent nonprofit...
The Warwick Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Lisa Schultz is out to spread good school news. Schultz is excited about K-8 math and...
As a 10th-grade math teacher, I’m getting a lot of questions about whether I’m feeling pessimistic amid so much bad news about student learning loss....
Teacher's view: Early science education helps students succeed in HS and college — and become the innovators of tomorrow. When students of all ages...
The 2023-24 academic year began Monday in 21 Wilkes County public schools with plans for greater support of teachers (especially beginner teachers),...
Livingston: Study of 934 districts finds the market is becoming stronger. But states and schools must still seek out the best educational materials.
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...
Using high-quality instructional materials, tutoring and summer programs, schools have taken steps to support students and boost math learning.
Summer break never felt so sweet. I am pleased that commencement ceremonies were special and highlighted the incredible graduating class of 2023 from...
In our house, summer vacation brings a welcome break from packing lunches, remembering homework, and shuttling kids to sports. But in addition to the...
Most young people rarely, if ever, read for fun. By linking art with reading, young people can learn to love both — and develop their knowledge of...
Educators at Marian University in Indianapolis saw the need for a new way to teach reading long before the Indiana legislature made it a requirement...
A Massachusetts district uses curriculum, teacher support, and data to fuel student academic growth. The COVID-19 pandemic hit the Pentucket Regional...
The New York City (NYC) Reads school initiative is a major undertaking that Mayor Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks promised would be...
How much money would employees need to go from working at home to returning to the office? According to a sample of remote workers in Virginia, a bit...
To the Editor: Thanks to EdWeek for continuing to lift up the voices of educators and highlight important discussions happening in the field around...
I’m guilty of using failing instructional methods. The way I taught math before didn’t encourage my students to make connections.
Robeson County students joined students across the state with overall gains in the 2022-2023 school year.State test results from the 2022-2023 school...
How Dallas ISD is changing the way kids learn mathDISD has moved to a new math curriculum that places emphasis in student-direct learning. This is a...
As this school year gets underway, we have to adopt proven strategies to close persistent learning gaps worsened by the pandemic and its aftermath....
Blog post highlights how using board games can engage students and improve learning.
Principal's view: It's a revolutionary approach for K-8 that our students and teachers really like — and could help close pandemic learning gaps
Accelerated Achievement Academy uses innovative methods to increase student scores.
Inside Baton Rouge’s Central Intermediate School, where educators are now implementing phenomenon-driven curriculum across all elementary grades.
The school district’s shift to a new English and language arts curriculum three years ago has paid dividends with improved student performance, and...
Students in the U.S. are well behind where they should be in learning math, a problem that has huge implications for their success in school and...
To enhance literacy within its student body, the Willard School District is contacting parents for input on two potential language arts curricula.
Louisiana’s pilot links to its homegrown curriculum, not decontextualized reading passages
About 95 percent of Henderson ISD’s class of 2024 is expected to meet the state’s College, Career and Military Readiness (CCMR) threshold
A common base of content knowledge and coherent, comprehensive, and sequential curricula to deliver it are prerequisites for reading comprehension....
There's some truth to the phrase "leveled texts lead to leveled lives."
Many school districts across the country are updating their reading curriculums to methods that use the "science of reading." Some Michigan schools...
A new analysis of North Carolina 2022-23 test results shared in the Year-Over-Year State Analysis Report indicates clear signs of continued academic...
Ohio's new framework for reading instruction centers on the science of reading, an instructional approach that research has proven is an effective...
Policy experts worry students will fall short of the state's future workforce needs. Educators hope the new curriculum will help them.
Some school districts like Dallas ISD are trying a different method to improve student performance.
Our fourth and final installment of our series on literacy, "The Science of Reading," examines how teachers are feeling about the road ahead.
Ohio's revamped framework centers on the science of reading, an instructional approach that research has proven is an effective way to teach children...
Educator's view: How my district gives principals the skills to understand what they see in the classroom and give feedback on literacy instruction.
Wisconsin's Joint Committee on Finance approved Monday a list of four reading curricula schools can adopt to be in compliance with the state's new...
The Marietta Board of Education voted to approve the purchase of a new reading curriculum for elementary students at its Tuesday night meeting.
When it comes to teaching children to read, Mississippi is a bright spot, one of three states whose gains in reading achievement put their schools...
Whether you call it the science of math or something else, there are proven and well-researched principles that underpin high-quality math...
The board unanimously approved a new language arts program for kindergarten to fifth grades. Wit &Wisdom will be implemented for the 2024-25 school...
Preschoolers from the Santa Barbara Unified School District are having a blast at the Santa Barbara Zoo.
Post-pandemic math declines aren't universal. We can look to successful districts for lessons.
There's no question that math must be at the top of our improvement agenda and central to summer school programs and planning for next year.
Elementary schools are now replacing balanced literacy with a different pedagogy, called the science of reading, based on a large body of research...
The science, art, and politics of teaching an essential skill
Haverhill schools are launching, what Superintendent Margaret Marotta calls, “key initiatives” for the new school year that starts Monday.
Sweeping changes to literacy instruction are underway in New York City, with all elementary schools for the first time using one of three mandated...
Developing students’ background knowledge is key to exceptional learning experiences in all subjects