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Angelica, a native Spanish speaker from Tijuana, Mexico, is determined to get her high school diploma from the United States. Her goals include earning her diploma, going to college to study mathematics, and starting a teaching career. At San Ysidro Adult School, she enrolled in advanced placement classes as well as high school English classes.

English language fluency with DreamBox Reading Plus

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Support and recognition for a job well done are key in the Laurens County School District 56 goal to build better number sense among its students. Eddie Marshall, Director of Federal Programs and Elementary Education; and Dr. Edith Ann Grant, District Math Specialist, kicked off the 2022 school year with a math challenge.

Laurens County teachers and students embrace DreamBox Learning™ for math proficiency

Waterford Graded School District comprises three PK – 5 elementary schools and one 6 – 8 middle school. District educators strive to close the achievement gap (measured as on-track to graduation) and accelerate the academic growth of its students. One tool teachers use to achieve that goal is DreamBox Reading (formerly Reading Plus).

Waterford Graded School District students using DreamBox Reading with fidelity averaged 3.2+ reading level gains in the 2021-22 school year

Heritage Elementary School, in the Wake County Public School System, is a multi-track, year-round school that serves grades K – 5. They chose DreamBox Math to support their math interventions and to give teachers better access to student data.

Heritage Year Round Elementary students increase math proficiency by 15% with DreamBox

The pandemic brought many challenges, especially the ability of teachers to help students keep up with their studies. In addition, students already struggling with math needed even more attention than in an in-person classroom. Learn how Allen ISD closed learning gaps with DreamBox Math.

Allen ISD used DreamBox as a powerful tool to close gaps during the pandemic

Learn how San Jose Unified School District (SJUSD) uses DreamBox Math to support students with special learning needs, bilingual learners, and students in mixed grade classrooms.

Using DreamBox Math purposely to maximize student support

By working with students at their skill levels, teachers have seen huge gains in their reading, confidence and motivation to reach their goals. At the same time, giving students a wide range of reading materials to choose from keeps them coming back for more.

Holman Middle School students see impressive reading improvement with DreamBox Reading

In 2007, Lindsay Unified School District began the work of transformation to better serve its learners and implemented the performance-based system, a competency-based grading model that emphasizes mastery and personalizing in learning.

Lindsay Unified School District

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In 2022, NCES conducted a special NAEP reading and mathematics assessment to explore student achievement during COVID-19. Reading scores had the highest declines in decades, and math scores declined for the first time ever. Despite recent challenges, research conducted before, during, and after school closures indicates DreamBox programs prevented learning loss.

While national test scores decreased, DreamBox students excelled

Download Five ways educators can accelerate learning this summer to discover critical tips on how your district can create significant learning gains during summer school programs. You’ll learn best practices for how to build engaging, student-centric environments and provide easy-to-implement programs proven to drive learning recovery.

5 ways educators can accelerate learning this summer

Learn which out-of-school-time (OST) programs can help your district foster learning and meet academic goals with this comprehensive guide.

Out of School Time Intervention Models

Discover critical steps to navigate the education landscape, review intervention programs and select the most beneficial learning solution to drive student success.

5 Steps to Choosing an Intervention

The Common Core State Standards for Math (CCSSM) and Standards for Mathematical Practice were written to help teachers fine tune instruction and provide a clear understanding of what students are expected to learn.

Common Core State Standards for Math (CCSSM)

Teacher-designed math lessons and math lesson plans strengthen Common Core readiness.

Common Core State Standards Lessons

Math lessons by grade—and free lesson plans—support the Common Core

Common Core State Standards Lessons by Grade

One of the most powerful ways to guarantee learning is to ensure engagement.

Remote Learning Tips

Wylie ISD began using DreamBox Math in one of its junior high schools, Raymond Cooper Junior High, beginning in 2019 through DreamBox’s Pilot Program. After seeing initial success, the district expanded its use of DreamBox to three junior high schools with about 900 students at each campus.

Texas school districts make numbers add up with DreamBox

To meet Wyoming’s standards-aligned criterion, Teton County school district leaders chose DreamBox as its K – 5 math intervention tool. A.J. Swentosky, Executive Director of Educational Services, discusses students’ success and why leaders love DreamBox

Teton County Schools see an impressive 12.43 percent uptick in K – 5 math proficiency with DreamBox

Carson Elementary administrators choose DreamBox Math for their K-6 students because they needed an EdTech solution proven to accelerate math learning that would be easy for teachers to implement in their classrooms and engaging for learners.

DreamBox Math engages students and catalyzes success at Carson Elementary

Learn about the most effective tool educators can use to support and accelerate students’ self-directed learning skill-building.

How to empower self-directed learning in the classroom

John Plunkett, 5th grade teacher at Bethany Elementary School, Beaverton School District, breathed a sigh of relief when COVID released its grip on the nation. As students happily reentered the classroom, Plunkett’s goal was, “to develop a safe and supportive learning environment as the students transitioned back from remote to in-person learning and to use a range of technology to help develop a foundation for academic success in middle school.” The result of the many hours he spent on creating engaging curriculum? “My class has over 260% growth in DreamBox [Math],” he says.

Bethany Elementary School teacher’s 5th graders see math proficiency improve over 260%

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Super Subtraction Squad Part 2

Learn about the history and meaning of Juneteenth and ways educators can celebrate the holiday with their students.

Twelve ways educators are celebrating Juneteenth with their students

Sammie Veit shares her experience using DreamBox Math, especially for intervention. Watch to learn more.

Educator Testimonial: Sammie Veit, Junior High Math Teacher, TX

Why Reading Plus Works: An Overview for Students

Learn why leaders prioritize program implementation, staff communication and a culture of appreciation.

Seven key takeaways from our recent webinar: Essential Steps for Supporting Teachers and Accelerating Learning

Watch this recorded webinar with PCS leadership and discover the pandemic strategies the district used to prevent learning loss and actually accelerate student learning by over 5 NWEA percentile points in just 8 weeks.

Meet the district that outpaced learning loss: Pinellas County Schools accelerates math learning by 5 points in 8 weeks

Leadership at Pinellas County Schools (PCS) used DreamBox Math to accelerate learning for students during the pandemic. As a result, students who used the program for one hour per week showed over 5 percentile points of growth in just 8 weeks.

Personalized learning, universal achievement: Analyzing the impact of DreamBox Math in Pinellas County Schools, Florida

Hear Dr. Matthew Cheeseman, Superintendent at Beaufort County Schools and NERESA Region 1 Superintendent of the Year, and Dr. Tim Hudson, Chief Learning Officer at DreamBox Learning, discuss innovative and inclusive approaches to MTSS programs.

MTSS for Educators: Ensuring all stakeholders get the support they need

Read about how Pinellas County Schools erased learning loss and actually accelerated math proficiency for students at all achievement levels before, during and after school closures.

Meet the district that outpaced pandemic learning loss by 5+ percentile points in just 8 weeks

Educators and students have demonstrated resilience over the past two years, but the effect of interrupted learning begs for educators to respond with effective tutoring programs and tools.

Building strategic and effective tutoring programs

2nd grade teacher Michelle Hoffman uses DreamBox daily for independent study, intervention, and enrichment. She's found that DreamBox meets students where they are, helps them work through areas of struggle, and fills in learning gaps.

Educator Testimonial: Michelle Hoffman - Teacher - Fort Mill School District, SC

The rural School District of Newberry County, South Carolina, serves approximately 3,000 students in kindergarten through grade 5 among eight elementary schools. In 2020, like many other districts across the U.S., they were looking for ways to support their students and teachers and specifically accelerate math learning. Newberry’s first month of usage saw 83% of all students across the district logged in and completing 3 lessons per week. The following month, usage increased to 89%, with students completing 6+ lessons per week, which is aligned to DreamBox’s usage recommendations.

The School District of Newberry County Accelerates Learning with DreamBox Math

If you’re into math, and who isn’t, you probably know a thing or two about pi. For instance, National Pi Day is always March 14.

Pi Day surprises

Hear district leaders Dr. Darin Brawley, Superintendent of Compton USD; Shawnte Clewis, K-5 Math Coordinator of Compton USD; and Dr. Dean Wilson, Executive Director of The Terra Academy, discuss recent challenges in education, including how they proactively navigate teacher shortages, pandemic uncertainty and the impact of disrupted instruction, setting teachers and students up for success.

EdWeek Webinar: Essential Steps for Supporting Teachers and Accelerating Learning

“I decided to devote my life to support educators, to try to help to bridge the gap between talent and opportunity.” Hear from DreamBox CEO, Jessie Woolley-Wilson, who was recently featured in Microsoft’s #TheLegacyProject.

Unlocking Your Brilliance - My Hero is Fannie Lou Hamer ft. Jessie Woolley-Wilson

During a year of unprecedented challenges and learning loss, Mississippi’s Madison County Schools was able to mitigate learning loss and help K–8 students close the math gap!

How One Mississippi School District Accelerated Learning During the Pandemic & Beyond

DreamBox provides targeted support for all students. Explore three ways you can differentiate instruction in your math classrooms.

Targeted support for math students with special needs

Emotions and energy over holidays and extended school breaks are guaranteed to go up and down, for both grown-ups and kids. Add in a bit of math and you may have an equation for drama!

Tips to keep students learning during the holidays

Blended learning—the method of using multiple media and methods to teach—has been around for decades. Only recently, however, has it come to mean combining face-to-face learning with technology-based learning.

Introduction To Blended Learning For Elementary Schools

When Cynthia White became principal at Cleveland Elementary in Santa Barbara, Calif., in 2012, she quickly went to work to improve academic performance — at the time, the school was the second-lowest performing in the county.

Pathways to Personalized Learning

Although the COVID pandemic threw education as we know it into disarray, Shelby County Public Schools, already a nontraditional instruction (NTI) district, saw math scores increase. The NTI district, positioned so students continue learning even on days schools are closed, had a leg up on many other school districts around the country. Because of its NTI distinction, and in tandem with DreamBox Learning Math, Shelby County Public Schools K – 8 students saw 1.25 grade levels of growth in math during the 2020-21 school year.

Shelby County Public Schools see consistent student achievement despite COVID

Individualized learning, or individualized instruction, is a method of teaching in which content, instructional technology, and pace of learning are based upon the abilities and interest of each learner.

Individualized Learning

This webinar focuses on answering the question: How can school and district administrators get their students excited about, and prepared for, algebra?

Moving Beyond Algebra-Ready to Algebra-Excited

Effective, adaptive and engaging elementary school instruction

Math Learning

Hi, my name is Trish Munson. I used Dreambox to help support our curriculum and it also helps the students scaffold the curriculum. It helps them be able to kind of work wherever they are, and think mathematically wherever they are. I

1st Graders Using Education Technology

As educators, we know that every student comes to class with a different level of math ability, yet we teach a single process to an entire class at the same time.

The Intelligent Adaptive Learning Difference

The top predictor for how much a student will use DreamBox is how much their teacher uses it. If a teacher uses DreamBox frequently, it’s likely their students will too.

Partnering with Families to Drive Student Success

Mark Estrada, Superintendent of Schools in Lockhart ISD, TX, explains why his district chose DreamBox Math and how educators implemented DreamBox in their classrooms.

Interview with Mark Estrada

Nick Lundberg, Assistant Principal at Westview Elementary School, shares how DreamBox Learning has helped his students become more proficient in math.

How DreamBox has helped improve his students math proficiency.

Cathy Comfort, Principal at Westview Elementary, shares how DreamBox has helped make her school a top math performer in her district.

Top math performer in her district.

Monte Westfall shares his experience with DreamBox Learning in his school

Customer Story: Lawrence Virtual School - DreamBox leads to successful Students

Take a look at how our research-based math lessons by grade follow the learning progression that supports the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM).

Ready to use in elementary classrooms with any type of interactive white board, DreamBox Teacher Tools are virtual manipulatives designed to help teach the concepts students need to learn—and to reinforce Common Core standards.

Common Core State Standards for Math (CCSSM) – Teacher Tools

For students who would welcome more challenges in their math learning at home or school, DreamBox Learning© Math provides ‘just right’ differentiated instruction that motivates them to persist, progress, and achieve.

Enrichment

Response to Intervention (RtI), a key component of multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS), is an approach for designing and establishing research-based teaching and learning environments that are effective for students, families, and educators.

Math Intervention

America’s schools are underperforming in math education; many students are not reaching the level of mathematical proficiency needed to excel in school or in the workplace.

Closing the Achievement Gap

Using a technology-rich environment, student-driven learning means lectures are complemented or replaced with active learning strategies and learning guidance, rather than memorization, to engage the student and improve learning, support knowledge retention, and raise achievement.

Student Driven Learning

Personalized learning is instruction that offers pedagogy, curriculum, and learning environments to meet the individual student’s needs.

Personalized Learning

Adaptive learning is a computer-based and/or online educational system that modifies the presentation of material in response to student performance.

Adaptive Learning

Blended learning, or hybrid learning, is a formal education program that integrates face-to-face learning with technology-based, digital instruction.

Blended Learning

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Addition Action Avengers

Formative assessment is a critical way to monitor student learning – especially at the beginning of the school year – and to provide ongoing feedback throughout the rest of the year.

5 tips for quick formative assessment

"Why don’t I understand this math?”  Stress and anxiety can be a common feeling for students when they don’t understand something the teacher is covering in class. Many times, the brain will shift and be unreceptive to the math problem. The stressful thoughts take over and students shut down. It is important for educators to have greater empathy when students are expressing worry and frustration. In this episode, join Dr. Tim Hudson, PhD to discuss the importance of social and emotional learning, as it relates to mathematics.

Why Wednesday S1E5: SEL

In this episode, join Tim Hudson, PhD to discuss the difference between mind numbing math (dull thoughts) vs. thought- provoking math (genuine problems that invite thinking). He’ll discuss techniques and strategies to inspire student thinking and foster transformational learning.

Why Wednesday S1E4: Real World Math Problems

Does this sound familiar? “I did well in math; but, never really understood what I was doing!” Learning requires evidence of thinking and learners deserve feedback on their thinking that moves them forward. However, is there an equity problem with every learner getting the right feedback to forward their thinking? This is a challenge with math instruction and often educators.

Why Wednesday S1E3: Why math instruction can cause inequity and teacher burnout

When we hear “summative assessment” it typically means evaluating student learning at the end of a course or lesson. In other words, the end point. In contrast, formative assessment is more about monitoring student learning to provide ongoing feedback.

Why Wednesday S1E2: Formative Assessment

The question remains as we enter the new school year – what learning remains unfinished? And, if we flip that term, how would we define “finished learning”? We invite you to join Tim Hudson, PhD to dive into topics around sense-making, exploration, and the role technology can play in further engaging and supporting the success of your students this year in mathematics.

Why Wednesday S1E1: Unfinished Learning

As any teacher or parent of a middle school student knows, there are shifts in attitudes and behaviors with the onset of adolescence. Understanding why these shifts happen can help us to better support students through what can be a challenging emotional and physical time.

Strategies for Teaching Middle School Math

DreamBox knows that by fostering inclusion and diversity in math, all students benefit. Why? Because children learn best when they feel included and represented in the classroom. But the positive effects are much more far-reaching than just the classroom.

Bringing diversity and inclusion to math classrooms

Educators know firsthand that the COVID-19 pandemic has majorly interrupted schooling. Although it’s had numerous impacts on students, one of the greatest challenges that schools are working to address is unfinished learning.

Addressing unfinished learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic

In Fall 2020, DreamBox released new volume lessons featuring a 3D lesson format designed to show students the mathematical concepts behind volume.

Ask DreamBox Anything: Volume Lessons

On February 22, the U.S. Department of Education announced that states must resume annual summative assessments this year even though many schools continue remote learning and some states have requested testing waivers.

The benefits of using formative assessments to guide instruction

During this webinar, Interventionist Pam Johnson of Carroll County Schools, GA shares best practices for delivering data from the district level to educators. She offers tips on how teachers can use this formation to personalize education for students, drive change and growth in their classroom, and close learning gaps.

Webinar: Empowering Educators with Actionable Data

Keep in mind that good habits formed during the Math Challenge can drive perseverance and growth all year long. Here are five ways you can build excitement over the next few months, and keep the momentum going strong throughout the the school year—and beyond.

5 Ways to Get Students Excited About the Math Challenge

Join host Dr. Tim Hudson (DreamBox) and panelists Dana Nathanson (Elementary Math Coordinator, Leander ISD) and Amador Vasquez (K–12 Math Coordinator, Lubbock ISD) for a discussion on strategies that help provide insight and action to enable educators to create a vibrant and effective academic recovery in Texas for all students.

Webinar: Building on the Brilliance of Students – Insights that Drive Academic Recovery in Math

In the February DreamBox Nation ‘Ask DreamBox Anything’ series, educators had the opportunity to ask our curriculum designers about geometry lessons.

Ask DreamBox Anything: Geometry Lessons

Webinar: Implementing Math Programs with Fidelity in Remote and Traditional Settings

How do we put kids on paths to success? We give them the right amount of challenge today, give them the satisfaction of overcoming an obstacle and the increased confidence that comes with it.

Spark Brighter Futures

Hear how 2nd grade teacher, Sam, uses DreamBox Math to complement her remote learning classroom environment!

Educator Testimonial: Sam Hausman - Teacher - University Schools, OH

This session discusses how parents can support their children with DreamBox Math. We cover tips for engagement, what is productive struggle, embracing productive struggle and supporting perseverance.

DreamBox at Home:  Supporting Your Child & Tips for Engagement

Stacie Caruso, Intervention Specialist at Upper Arlington Schools in Ohio, shares how DreamBox has helped her students foster grit and perseverance.

Educator Testimonial: Stacie Caruso

Our new messaging feature, located in your student roster, is a great way to communicate with your students. With this feature, you could message the whole class or individual students. Send a note of encouragement, a gentle reminder, or even a simple ‘hello’!

Messaging for Educators

Jennifer Johnson, teacher at Shakopee Public Schools, shares how DreamBox Math is used in her school's math intervention programs.

Educator Testimonial: Jennifer Johnson - Teacher - Shakopee Public Schools, MN

Webinar: Creating a Love of Learning and Resilience

Veronica Saxer, 5th grade teacher at San Ramon Valley USD, explains how she uses DreamBox Math to keep her students engaged in math as an early-finisher activity and when working with students who are struggling in math.

Educator Testimonial: Veronica Saxer - Teacher - San Ramon Valley USD, CA

DreamBox Learning has created a 2021 Grants Guide to support you in the grant-writing process and provide you with a list of available grants. Here, you will find everything you need to know about how you can fund the important education priorities on your list, such as DreamBox Math, through both federal and corporate grants.

Grant Funding Help For DreamBox Math

Webinar: Building Student Confidence and Academic Growth

Mary Kemper, the director of mathematics of Coppell ISD in Coppell, Texas, discusses recent studies that show students may have lost up to half a grade level of learning in mathematics due to the pandemic.

Webinar: The What, Why, & How of K 5 Math Intervention

The shift to remote learning has presented unique teaching challenges. We will provide educators with information on how to monitor student progress and create learning opportunities for all students in a remote environment.

Utilizing DreamBox in a Virtual Environment

In time for Back to School, DreamBox Math launched several new features to support educators and students in a variety of learning environments, including in-person, all virtual, and hybrid models. We’ll show you how to get the most value from these features – from messaging tools, cutting-edge reports, an updated dashboard, new lessons and more.

Using New Features to Maximize Student Growth & Communication

Pilot programs are an effective way to ‘test drive’ educational technology (EdTech) solutions.

EdTech Pilot Success Guide

Learn how to leverage DreamBox Learning to complement your classroom instructional model. We’ll offer tips and guidance for blended learning structures, station-rotation in remote learning, and supporting intervention or at-risk student populations. These topics (and more) will be explored during this virtual session.

Integrating DreamBox into Your Daily Routine

Julie Dupois uses DreamBox Math for intervention, challenges and to compliment her own instruction. She discusses her experience using DreamBox for remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic to gain insight into student progress and gaps.

Educator Testimonial: Julie Dupois - Teacher - Clear Creek ISD

(Spanish) DreamBox at Home - Tips for Engagement & Productive Struggle

In 2018, Fort Wayne Community Schools implemented DreamBox across the district’s 31 elementary school and saw impressive student growth. Two educators share what drove the decision to implement DreamBox, and how they integrate it into their classrooms and leverage the data and reporting capabilities to track student progress.

Fort Wayne Community Schools deploy DreamBox to boost math skills for 15,000 students

Learn how to create a family account for parents and learning guardians of students with school accounts.

DreamBox at Home -  Creating a Family Account

Jessica Jacques, Math Specialist at Merrimack Valley, shares how DreamBox has enhanced students' remote learning experience through personalized instruction.

Educator Testimonial: Jessica Jacques - Math Specialist - Merrimack Valley, NH

Gina Haynes, Catoosa County Schools Improvement Specialist, discusses how DreamBox has increased student math scores across the district.

Educator Testimonial: Gina Haynes - School Improvement Specialist - Catoosa County, GA

This video covers tips for parents on student engagement, what is product struggle, embracing product struggle and supporting perseverance.

DreamBox at Home - Supporting Your Child

DreamBox Learning is unique for our ability to support educators and drive student learning. We’re unique because our team has heart. Diverse, passionate individuals who bring a range of incredible skills, perspectives, and experiences to the table comprise our team.  

For us, it’s important to capture their stories and share what makes them special. We celebrate the people at DreamBox who bring ideas to life, make the impossible possible, and empower their teams to do well to do good.

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