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3 Activities to Help Students Make Sense of the News
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3 Activities to Help Students Make Sense of the News
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Q&A: What Our Online Teachers Have to Say About Remote Learning
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9 Remote Learning Resources & Ideas to Use During the Coronavirus Outbreak
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How Writing Supports the C3 Framework
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Q&A with New Mexico Principal Pam Schritter
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Important: Addressing Issues with the New Writing Lesson Design
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7 Factors You Can Use to Measure the Effectiveness of Writing Instruction
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Q&A with Georgia Teacher Lakendra Swanson
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7 Strategies for Administrators to Support Writing Across the Curriculum
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Introducing a Redesigned ThinkCERCA for Students
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8 Minutes with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Principal Mark Bosco
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Fostering Innovation and Collaboration on a Budget
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How Teachers Across the Country are Using ThinkCERCA
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Q&A with Charlotte, N.C. Teacher Patrick Ames
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Advanced Literacies and the 4 Hallmarks
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Q&A with Cincinnati Teacher Michael Armstrong
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Q&A with Arizona Teacher Mark Boen
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Q&A with ThinkCERCA Teacher Rebeca Garza
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Q&A with ThinkCERCA Teacher Liz Kenney
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Q&A with ThinkCERCA Teacher Tiffany Walston
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Meet Kolani Fowler, the Newest School Success Manager
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ThinkCERCA's 2018 Year in Review
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6 Things Every Education Leader Should Know About Equity
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Q&A with Washington Teacher Ryan Custodio
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Q&A with Chicago Teacher Megan Macellaio
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Q&A with Dr. Jennifer Winward, Educator and Entrepreneur
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Bridging the Critical Thinking Skills Gap with Writing
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Q&A with Veteran ThinkCERCA Teacher Ann Whitehair
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We're Sunsetting Our Free Offering. Here's Why.
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We've Refreshed Part of the ThinkCERCA Curriculum
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8 Questions to Consider when Looking for Teacher Professional Development Options
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How Bibb County Designed their Literacy Plan to Align with the Redesigned CCRPI
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Introducing the New ThinkCERCA
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Meeting the Redesigned CCRPI Indicators
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Q&A with the Lead Teacher at One of Our Top-Performing Partner Schools
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Our Favorite Videos Showing How Teachers Use ThinkCERCA
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Quality Review: 3 Ways New York Principals Can Empower Their Team
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5 Questions to Spur Critical Thinking in the Classroom
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Examples of Critical Thinking in Everyday Life
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Why Writing in Math and Science Matters
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Using ThinkCERCA to Impact the Instructional Core on the Quality Review
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5 Tips from Educators on Giving Effective Feedback
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What Instructional Leaders Must Do to Be Successful with ThinkCERCA
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Product Update: Print Class and Grade Usage Reports
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How to Support Long-Term English Learners Across the Curriculum
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12 Ideas for Improving NWEA Scores at the School and Classroom Level
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Personalized Learning Strategies that Make a Difference
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How to Set Ambitious Goals with OKRs
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Why Personalized Learning Is Important
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Personalized, Blended Learning: How to Make It Work
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What Is Personalized Learning?
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5 Reasons to Focus on Being 10 Percent Better and Grateful Every Week
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How to Teach Entrepreneurship to Students
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Teacher Perspective: How I Teach Critical Thinking
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Writing Across the Curriculum Checklist
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VIDEO: What Does "Critical Thinking" Mean to You?
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13 Narrative Writing Prompts About Family
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Product Update: Favoriting Lessons
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9 Writing Prompts to Prepare Students for the College Admissions Essay
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Product Update: Better Highlighting, Navigation, and Scrolling Experiences for Tablet Users
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Product Update: Interactive Skills & Concepts Instruction
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The Best Test Prep? It's Great Instruction Every Day
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Building Trust With New Students
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How Are Your Users Responding to the Learning Environment You Have Designed?
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Transform Your School with Google’s Approach to Decision-Making
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Using CHAMPS to Influence Classroom Behavior
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Making Thematic Connections Between Literature and Current Events
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From Mesopotamian Civilization to the Classification of Organisms, Here are Two New CERCA Sets
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Improve Your School’s Approach to Cross-Curricular Collaboration
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3 Ways Instructional Leaders Can Champion Technology in the Classroom
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Project Planning Using MOCHA
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Make Your Senior Team Smarter with Annual "Teach-ins"
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Creating a Culture Where Rigor is the Norm
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9 Movie Trailer Writing Prompts
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Product Update: New Lesson Details Page and Assignment Workflow
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Using the Fogg Behavior Model to Drive Change in Your School
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Cultivating a Growth-Mindset Culture Throughout Your School or District
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Building Community Between Teachers and Admins
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10 Tech Tools Every Administrator Needs
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What Does Differentiation Look Like for Teachers?
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How to Help Teachers Differentiate in the Classroom Effectively
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Product Update: Grade Level and Classroom Usage Reporting for Admins
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Why Students Need to Learn to Write Online to Be Successful
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These Were the Most-Assigned Lessons in the 2016-17 School Year
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Making the Most of ThinkCERCA's Standards-Aligned Rubrics
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Why a Shared Calendar Makes All the Difference for Your Team
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Making Time for Cross-Curricular Collaboration
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The 2017 CERCA Slam Winners
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Stories from the Classroom: Incorporating ThinkCERCA into Special Education Curriculum
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Media Bias: What It Is and How to Spot It
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Why Differentiation is the Most Effective SAT Prep
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VIDEO: Student Voice and Choice at Work in Chicago's Ashburn Elementary
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Break Out of ‘Sit-and-Get’ PD with These Hands-On Workshop Tips
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The Teachers Who Made a Difference
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What Effective Professional Development Looks Like
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62 Differentiated Poetry Lessons for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students
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Why CERCA is a More Rigorous Writing Framework than RACE
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Blended Literacy Scorecard: How can you strengthen your school or district’s approach to personalized literacy?
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Why Teachers and Administrators Should Take Time for Themselves
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5 Non-Education Newsletters Every Educator Should Read
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9 Questions You Should Ask Before Planning a Blended Adventure
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Test or No Test: Skills That Matter
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How to Teach Informative or Explanatory Writing
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Step-by-Step Guide: Planning an Argument Unit
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How to Teach Narrative Writing
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Infographic: 8 Ways to Build Your Students' Argumentation Skills
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The Best Productivity Tools to Make Your School More Efficient (and Fun)
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Using the Start–Stop–Continue Framework to Optimize Classroom Strategies
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How to Teach Argumentative Writing
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Announcing the 2017 Social Impact Challenge Winners
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The Power of Adaptive Learning Spaces in Schools
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Immigration Lessons for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students
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Real News and Sponsored Articles: Distinguish them with this Checklist
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Beyond the Performance Review
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The Power of Repeat Actions and Traditions
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Product Update: New ELA Teaching Resources
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How Students Can Use Argumentation to Evaluate Super Bowl Predictions
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How Art on Walls Can Make a Difference in Schools
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10 Football Argumentative Writing Prompts
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Why Writing Opens Doors for Students
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When Articles Link to Evidence, How do We Know the Evidence is Accurate?
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Differentiated Lessons on Martin Luther King, Jr. for Grades 9-12
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Differentiated Lessons on Martin Luther King, Jr. for Grades 6-8
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Differentiated Lessons on Martin Luther King, Jr. for Grades 3-5
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Designing Classrooms that Promote Rapid Teacher Feedback
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Free and Easy Storytelling Tools for Educators to Leverage
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Dear Mr. President
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Discover Individual Strengths to Optimize Your Team
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Activity: Improve Your School’s Decision-Making with the Marshmallow Challenge
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Helping Students Think Critically in a Post-Truth World
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Improve Collaboration (and Save Time) with a Stand-up Meeting
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We Added a 4-Point Rubric to ThinkCERCA
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Using Math to Tackle One of the World's Biggest Challenges
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Organizing Schools for Success: 5 Levers for Improvement
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Improve Student Outcomes with a Time-on-Task Chart
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How Selling Milkshakes Can Help Us Select Better Ed-Tech Products
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5 Principles for Approaching School Improvement Like an Entrepreneur
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ThinkCERCA Named K-12 Pedagogy Winner at “Oscars of Education”
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6 Things Any Teacher Can Do to Help Close the Achievement Gap
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New Math Literacy Lessons on Systems and Structure
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Product Update: Mid-Year Assessments Are Here!
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College and Career Pay Off in New Math Literacy Lessons
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Infographic: 7 Conversational Strategies for Developing Bilinguals
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ThinkCERCA Wins NewSchools Ignite ELL Challenge
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How Getting My Class to Talk More Made a World of a Difference for a Bilingual Student
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Transform Your Math Class with New Geometry Lessons
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#CERCAtheVote: Nate Silver’s Election Predictions
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115 Lessons for Teaching 2016 Election Issues in Any Classroom
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New Math Literacy Lessons: Patterns in Integers
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Educator Spotlight: Caroline Schmitt of Fayette County Schools
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#CERCAtheVote: Clinton Defends Family Foundation Against “Pay to Play”
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Crack the Code of Math Literacy with Our New Ciphers Lessons
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#CERCAtheVote: Trump Claims Election Is 'Rigged'
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#CERCAtheVote: Michelle Obama Says Trump Comments Can't Be Ignored
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The Best Policy? Teaching Literacy in Math!
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#CERCAtheVote: Does the Chicago Tribune Make an Effective Argument in its Endorsement of Gary Johnson for President?
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New Math Lessons to Connect with Tonight's Debate and More
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#CERCAtheVote: Who Makes a Stronger Accusation on Aiding Terrorism – Trump or Clinton?
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Prepare for Assessments with Great Instruction Every Day
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Kick Off Your Math Class with New Sports Statistics Lessons
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Back to School with a New Math Lesson Set!
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Building Knowledge and Skills in a Meaningful Sequence
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This Toilet Paper Icebreaker is Perfect for the First Day of Class
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Product Update: New Lesson Names
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Product Update: A New Back-to-School Look for the Lesson Library
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5 Tips for Curating a Tech Culture in the Classroom
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Product Update: New Benchmark Assessments
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Infographic: Setting Expectations for Successful Blended Learning Structures
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A Bingo Chart for Adventurous Reading
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Infographic: How Teachers do Summer Reading
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How ThinkCERCA Helps Teachers Support a Growth Mindset
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ThinkCERCA's Year in Review
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ThinkCERCA Wins NewSchools Ignite Math Challenge
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Prepare Your Students for Success on PSSA TDAs
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Stories from the Classroom: Aida Coullias of McIntosh High School
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Stories from the Classroom: Dylan Porter of Patrick Henry Elementary School
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And the 2016 CERCA Slam Winners Are ...
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Artful History Lessons about the Renaissance
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Revolutionary History Lessons about Thomas Paine
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New Leveled Science Lessons for Chemistry, Biology, and Engineering
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Our Evidence-Based Arguments for Why Teachers Are Awesome
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Shake, Rattle, and Roll! Leveled Lessons on Plate Tectonics
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Stories from the Classroom: Observations from Healy Elementary School
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Product Update: Downloadable Class Reports and Insights on Standards Performance
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Leveled Industrial Revolution Lessons: It's About Time!
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Product Update: End of Year Assessments
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The Incredible Lives Behind the New Faces of U.S. Currency
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Video: Bill Gates Highlights ThinkCERCA as Innovative Literacy Tool at ASU GSV
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New Leveled U.S. History Lessons: Westward Expansion and Great Depression
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Go Green with ThinkCERCA: Differentiated Literacy Lessons for Earth Day
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On 400th Anniversary, Analyzing Shakespeare Through the CERCA Lens
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Product Update: "CERCA Starter" Is Now "Progress Monitoring"!
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Find Your Way to Math Success with "Geometry of Maps" Lessons
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Celebrate National Poetry Month with New Sonnets Lessons
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New Differentiated Social Studies Literacy Lesson Sets
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Build Your Students' Math Literacy Skills: Geometry in Architecture
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Evolve Your Students' Critical Thinking Skills with New Science Literacy Lessons
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Women’s History Month: Resources for Your Classroom
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New Narrative Writing Lessons and Spanish-Language Lessons
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Report Shows ThinkCERCA Demonstrates Gains Equal to One Year of Growth
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