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Preparing for Statewide and Standardized Assessments with Wit & Wisdom®

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Teachers of English language arts (ELA) know the complexity of their discipline. Reading comprehension is an internal cognitive process that...

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Reflecting and Refreshing for Social-Emotional Learning in the Wit & Wisdom® Classroom

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“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” –Eleanor Roosevelt

The new year offers a chance for a new beginning—to reflect, resolve,...

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Reading Complex Texts in Wit & Wisdom

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All Wit & Wisdom students engage in a transferable process—the Content Stages—to read grade-level texts so that all develop comprehension skills...

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Principal Values Wit & Wisdom® as Part of Her School's Antiracist Approach

May 20, 2021

Under the leadership of principal Julissa Lambert-Yank, Acorn Woodland Elementary School in Oakland, California is using the Wit & Wisdom® English...

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Thoughtful Wit & Wisdom® Implementation Has Been Key to Buy-In and Success

February 20, 2020

Talk about commitment.  

The four Grade 3 teachers at Grass Valley Elementary School in Humboldt County, Nevada, meet at lunch every day to plan...

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After Early Success in Grade 3, Other Teachers Wanted Wit & Wisdom® for Their Students Too

February 5, 2020

Shawn Kimble, superintendent of rural Lauderdale County Schools northwest of Memphis, was planning to roll out Wit & Wisdom® one grade at a time....

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Rural School Posts Major Gains in English Language Arts with Wit & Wisdom®

December 18, 2019

Angela Patzer remembers the day she realized that Linford Elementary School’s new English language arts curriculum, Wit & Wisdom®, was having a...

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Wit & Wisdom® and Eureka Math® Help California Charter School Network Continue Strong Gains in Math and ELA

December 13, 2019

The Scholarship Prep Public Schools network in southern California continues to make strong gains in student achievement in math and English...

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Early Adopter Continues to Make Progress with Wit & Wisdom®

December 5, 2019

Mad River Local Schools was one of the first districts to adopt Wit & Wisdom®, the English language arts curriculum from Great Minds®. Now in its...

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Students Gain with Engaging Content

October 29, 2019

Center City Public Charter Schools (PCS) opened in 2008 as the first Catholic-to-charter school conversion in the United States. It is...

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Engaging, Relevant Lessons Lead to Achievement Gains

October 23, 2019

When did the leaders of Brooklyn Charter School know that Wit & Wisdom® was having an impact beyond the impressive gains in achievement test...

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