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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.

The DreamBox Difference: Our Team

Four dedicated educators from across the nation shared their experiences, best practices, and wins during DreamBox Math and Reading Plus pilot implementations. The conversation illuminated exactly how powerful the right tool in the right hands can be to drive student learning outcomes. We’ve captured a few of our favorite takeaways from the conversation below.

Four educators share five takeaways from their experience with DreamBox Learning

Access resources and recommendations to help integrate SEL into your schools and classrooms.

Why SEL Is an Absolute Must-Have in Your District

Students’ learning needs are more diverse than ever. In a single classroom of 30 students, an educator may encounter 30 distinct levels of abilities, different skill sets, and various individual learning styles. With such variation, it can be difficult for educators to fully address each student’s unique needs.  Educators must keep all students on positive learning trajectories, responding to individual student struggles while simultaneously working to meet education goals for all students in a classroom.

Remediation, acceleration, intervention: What’s the difference, and when should educators adopt each strategy?

February is Black History Month in the United States. We asked members of DreamBox Nation – our online community of educators – how they celebrate Black History Month with students.

Six ways educators are celebrating Black History Month with students

Summer school programs are an ideal way to provide learning recovery and reinforce critical math and reading skills. Yet, developing an effective summer program can come with unique challenges.  Leaders have less time to plan and fewer teachers to help students who need the most support. DreamBox Math and Reading Plus programs help educators accelerate learning during the most challenging and crucial instructional periods.

How DreamBox Learning helps solve 5 summer program challenges

Discover the key takeaways from recent NAEP scores and actionable ways you can help students recover from learning loss.

2022 Main NAEP scores are here. Now what?

Reading

Discover the research for the five components of reading and how to best support silent reading fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary development for 3-12 students.

The five components of reading and how DreamBox Reading 3-12 helps educators support component development

Social justice protests throughout the summer of 2020 sparked a wave of reflection and change across our nation’s institutions, from criminal justice to sports. In education, the movement revealed the need to intensify efforts to provide students with rich multicultural diversity in books

From “Mirrors” to “Doors”: Why Students Deserve Diverse Texts Worth Reading

Learn how districts have proactively prevented widespread learning loss, evident in recent NAEP scores, by providing math and reading interventions proven to yield results.

What NAEP scores mean for educators

Silent reading fluency is the ability to comfortably read silently with concentration, at appropriate reading rates and with clear understanding. This skill bridges the gap between word recognition and comprehension.

Most tested, least taught: What is silent reading fluency and how can educators help students master this critical skill?

Math

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

To motivate students working at home due to COVID-19, DreamBox Reading (formerly Reading Plus) and Morris Hills Regional District held a contest to support local food pantries.

Motivating Readers and Fighting Food Insecurity in Morris Hills

Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean students have to stop learning. Everywhere you look there are opportunities for them to expand their math and reading skills. DreamBox is here to help teachers support students’ learning this summer. Here are six fun math and reading activities that families can enjoy together while students improve their reading and math abilities.

6 summer reading and math activities for elementary students

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

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

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

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

For this month’s Teacher tip, we invited Elizabeth Venn, Curriculum Designer, to answer a commonly asked question from our DreamBox educators. This month's topic is about supporting students who are seeing material that they haven't learned yet in class.

Teacher tip: Supporting students who are covering new lesson content in DreamBox

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

With only 35% of U.S. fourth-grade students proficient in reading, how can we improve reading outcomes for all of our students?

Science Matters: Literacy Research is the Key to Improving Reading Outcomes

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

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

Effective, adaptive and engaging elementary school instruction

Math Learning

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

The International Dyslexia Association provides an authoritative summary on the guidelines for instruction for students with signs of dyslexia. Here are the 8 instructional elements they recommend.

8 Research-Based Instructional Recommendations for Students with Signs of Dyslexia

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

Once you’ve chosen a reading intervention that suits your needs, how do you implement it to ensure its success?

4 Key Ingredients of a Successful Reading Intervention Implementation

You’ve likely heard one of your students say, “I’m just no good at math.” It’s an unfortunate mantra that keeps people stuck in a myth. It’s probably not true that the student isn’t good at math. They just haven’t been taught based on their ability.

Help students shift from negative to positive self-talk

Nearly every student in the U.S. experienced some type of disrupted learning as a result of COVID-19. For some, remote learning was short-lived. For others, full-time, in-person learning will happen for the first time this fall since March 2020.

Re-Engaging Students and Building Back Stamina in the New School Year: Perspectives from the Field

According to a study by the Stanford Research Institute, students using DreamBox scored 2.3 points higher on the NWEA assessments with gains equivalent to 5.5 percentile point in 16 weeks. Another statistic shows that by completing just five or more DreamBox lessons a week, U.S. students grew 1.58 grade levels in one year.

Teach students healthy goal setting

Congratulations! You’ve decided to homeschool your child(ren). You’ve talked to parents who homeschool, made your pros-and-cons list and envisioned a space in your home transformed into a classroom.

10 Homeschooling Tips for Beginners

The beauty of DreamBox is twofold in that it’s engaging and it’s versatile. The virtual manipulatives make learning math feel like a game. At the same time, the Interactive Adaptive Learning technology automatically adapts lessons to meet each student’s capabilities and builds from there.

Introducing DreamBox to your students

As a wave of bright new energy rolls into a brand-new school year, students, parents and education professionals are preparing to unleash growth potential in math.

Welcome Back, DreamBoxers!

To reach and teach the middle school math mind, understanding its inner workings and leveraging current best practices just makes sense. Our infographic provides some answers to who middle school students are, how they learn, and classroom strategies to make sure they stay engaged at this extremely critical time in their learning lives.

The inner workings of the middle school math mind

At DreamBox, we understand that students and educators are more than test scores. Our adaptive technology provides a source of data that we hope you can use to encourage this belief within yourselves and your students.

DreamBox Insight Dashboard

To help you up your teaching game while you relax, we’ve compiled 10 of the hottest summer reads for teachers. So, grab your lounge chair, umbrella and a book of your choice. Let summer reading begin.

10 Summer Reads for the Best School Year Ever

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

Educators know the importance of fostering students’ social-emotional learning (SEL) alongside their regular academic instruction. Whether you’re teaching in person, remotely or a hybrid model, SEL is necessary to develop students’ math confidence and love of learning. DreamBox is here to both support your math instruction, and help you integrate SEL in your classroom to build students’ math confidence!

Top 3 social-emotional learning tips

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

Three stimulus bills passed by Congress in 2020 and 2021 allocate nearly $190 billion to K-12 education through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund. Learn how your school can use these funds to accelerate learning.

How to Accelerate Learning with ESSER Stimulus Funds

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

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

As educators, you know social-emotional learning (SEL) is critical to teaching to the whole child. However, addressing teachers’ own social-emotional needs isn’t always top-of-mind.

5 Tips for adult social-emotional learning

As educators, you know a lot of work goes into leading parent-teacher conferences. Hours of preparation go into discussing important, and often sensitive, information with families in a limited timeframe. Plus, talking to parents can feel stressful and nerve-wracking.

Mastering the art of parent-teacher conferences

One of the greatest challenges for teachers and administrators is using data to effect real change. It’s easy to get caught up in the now but not give enough time to the then.

Growth mindset: understanding the destination and leveraging what you have discovered

The students’ arrival at learning mathematics is the destination our educators prudently plan for each school year. As educators prepare for the arrival of their students, they dedicate time to creating plans for standards-based instruction and exploring the best practices to meet the needs of all their learners.

Growth mindset: continuing the journey

Every educator begins a teaching journey galvanized by the purpose of equipping learners with effective skills and strategies to become successful within and outside of the school walls.

Growth mindset: the journey to grow mathematicians

Many schools adopt a reading intervention program to help students reach grade-level reading goals. But how do administrators choose the right one?

4 Factors to Look for in a Reading Intervention

An 11-year-old student with ADHD used to view reading as a chore or a punishment. Now she has a newfound excitement for reading, thanks to DreamBox Reading (formerly Reading Plus).

Special Education Teacher Makes Progress With a Reluctant Reader

Pay tribute to the contributions of five Latino and Hispanic mathematicians in history.

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month: Five Hispanic and Latino Mathematicians

Districts are planning a combination of learning models for fall 2020, including hybrid part-time schedules, remote learning, and in-person instruction.

Addressing Back-to-School Challenges with Flexible Reading Solutions

At DreamBox, our goal is to unlock learning potential in each and every student no matter the race, gender or zip-code, but we must also address the systematic racism and injustices facing students and people of color. In light of recent events, we wanted to share a message our CEO, Jessie Woolley-Wilson...

Onward and upwards as we link our hearts and arms to work for a better tomorrow.

Here are ten fun ways to keep students sharp over school break. Just because students are out of the classroom doesn’t mean they have to stop learning.

10 Fun Ways to Keep Students Learning Over School Break

...tricks for remembering classroom codes? Let us know! Tweet us @DreamBox_Learn. Related links: How Students Log in to DreamBox (on a Computer) How Students Log in to DreamBox (on an...

Tips for Remembering Classroom Codes

How to Select, Implement, and Assess a Reading Intervention Program

The road to sustained motivation for young math learners

Grit is Passion + Perseverance

Something the Professional Development Team at DreamBox Learning® has heard requested from both teachers and administrators revolves around using DreamBox to aid students in developing goal setting skills and a growth mindset.

DreamBox Student Conferencing Guide

Connecting math to current events students care about

A Culturally Responsive Math Project

We’re thrilled to announce an exciting addition to DreamBox for students in grades 3-8.  By now your students have noticed our new Student Weekly Goals feature.

Introducing Student Weekly Goals

You’ve probably heard the above Zig Ziglar quote before or perhaps seen it on a poster. I’ve always liked it because it says success depends more on a willingness to work hard, rather than raw talent. To me, that’s motivational.

“Attitude Determines Altitude…and Other Math Mindsets”

School leaders have the power to cultivate a culture of literacy and keep both teachers and students engaged in effective literacy instruction.

How Literacy Leadership Influences Student Learning

...And that’s also why the mom’s letter above made me grin. Her excitement and pride came bubbling through, and knowing DreamBox helped her son get ready for algebra is wonderful....

Algebra-Ready is Life-Ready: Solving for ‘x’ Every Day

Every building you spend time in––schools, libraries, houses, apartment complexes, movie theaters, and even your favorite ice cream shop––is the product...

Architecture and Construction Through Mathematics

For the first 30-days of school, setting routines and expectations is everything! We do this for our class processes and procedures, but often see screen...

DreamBox Time Saving Cheat Sheet

Beneath the August sun, lakes and saltwater bays fill with recreational sailboats. Even summer sailors rely on basic geometry to “tack” toward a destination by changing their sail angles in relation to the wind. And this just skims the surface of how math has intersected with sailing since antiquity.

Use Math for Ocean Navigation!

electing which EdTech program is right for your district is a big decision and investment. After you talk to your stakeholders, complete your research, weigh your options and narrow your choices, the important work of piloting the program(s) begins.

6 Steps to Implementing a Successful Pilot Program

Chances are, teaching your child to use a laptop responsibly and independently is something your parents probably didn’t have to do.

6 Tips for Introducing Kids to Laptops

Get your students in the math mindset and inspire the next generation of innovators and leaders this month.  Share and try out the below resources and activities to help educate students about African American mathematicians and scientists who have and continue to…

8 Great Classroom Resources For Black History Month

From the invention of the first 3D TV to the first moon-based observatory, African American mathematicians, scientists, and inventors have contributed to our nation’s greatness since the time of President George Washington.

African American STEM Leaders You Need to Know (If You Don’t Already)

The majority of the 5.5 million English language learners in the U.S. public school system speak Spanish as their first language, which makes the capability of teaching math in Spanish, using bilingual teachers...

Six Strategies to Help ELLs Succeed in Math & 9 Free Math Activities for K–8 ELLs

Time away from math class during summer vacations can create a well-known phenomenon known as ‘summer slide’ that can result in a month or more of learning loss. During the winter recess, while the shorter time frame may not result in dramatic deficits, there may be some ramp-up time needed to refocus if holidays aren’t a time for learning, too.

Fun and Free Resources to Connect Kids to Real World Math

7 fun facts and must-see examples of how the Fibonacci sequence is used in art, architecture, and nature.

Celebrate Fibonacci Day!

One authority on Response to Intervention (RtI) for math is the Institute for Education Sciences report, “Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools.”

RtI for Math: What Works?

Check out these fun facts and awesome discoveries about 11  founding fathers of math!

Fantastic Facts about 11 Founding Fathers of Mathematics

New discoveries about Earth happen every day. Chemists and biologists use math and science to give us valuable information we wouldn’t otherwise have access to. Here are 9 mighty math-y facts about our fair planet.

9 Fun Math Facts for Earth Day 2016

Six tips for math formative assessment that leads student achievement.

What is Math Formative Assessment?

One of the goals of 21st century educators is to inspire students to be lifelong learners, and they should also be passionate lifelong learners themselves.

Professional Development Grants for Teachers

Check out 19 cool math games and STEM activities for middle school math teachers. A fun way to close the gender gap in education!

Girls + Math = More STEM Women

What are some of the highest paying opportunities for STEM-focused students? You'll be surprised!

71 Math-tastic Jobs for Math Majors

7 Halloween activities: addition and subtraction equations, fractions, graphing, and more

17 Spooktacular Math Activities for Fall

Getting more women and girls interested in STEM fields is the unfinished business of the 20th century, according to Hillary Clinton.

Women in STEM who Rock & 8 Cool Websites to Get Girls Psyched About STEM

Teacher Tips for Turning Data into Insights

Using Data in the Math Classroom

The Reality of Learning Gaps in My Classroom

Success in Algebra Requires Deeper Learning

When you’re a math major in college like I was, you can be guaranteed at least two things. First, many people will assume you’re a human calculator because they’ll ask you to make outrageous computations on the spot. Second, fellow

The Math Barrier: An Unfortunate Reality

Many years ago I surprised my wife by cooking a new meal. I read through our entire Betty Crocker cookbook to find just the right recipe and went to the store for the ingredients we didn’t have: ground cayenne pepper,

Chefs Know More than Just Recipes: How Experts Differ from Novices

High school chemistry teachers, Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams have been given credit for inventing the flipped classroom, but they don’t make that claim.

The flipped classroom: in elementary school, too?

Physical (also known as concrete) manipulatives like the abacus or blocks have been basic tools of the math teaching trade since time immemorial.

What are the benefits of virtual manipulatives?

Blended learning is the foremost trend in education – in fact, the 2011-2012 investment in IT for kindergarten through Grade 12 public education to support it was an estimated $9.7 billion, according to the Center for Digital Education.

Ten Steps to Choosing Digital Curricula for Blended Learning

...is the zone of proximal development? The zone of proximal development (ZPD), often referred to as the optimal learning zone, is a concept developed by social cognitive theorist and psychologist...

Math Learning in the Zone of Proximal Development

As school districts look for ways to give their students a personalized learning experience without expanding their budgets, blended learning  can be an effective option.

6 Models of Blended Learning

The world has changed substantially in the last 100 years, and education needs to change as well to ensure our children are fully prepared for a world we could hardly imagine when we were growing up. “One-size-fits-all” education may have been sufficient years ago. It’s not now.

How Personalized Learning Can Benefit Students

...are seven unique ideas for fun first grade CCSS-aligned math activities to get you started: 1. Dominoes The CCSS require first graders to know how to represent and solve problems...

7 Common Core Math Activities for 1st Graders

Every child dreams big. Kids want to be sculptures, veterinarians, zoo keepers, pilots, baseball players, dancers -- kids are only limited by their imaginations! As parents and teachers, our job is to give kids the tools they need to realize these dreams. Math learning is one of those tools, as shown by our list of 7 cool jobs that require math.Read more ›

7 Dream Jobs That Require Math

While this school model can do a great deal to personalize learning and help schools meet the challenges that come with growing class sizes and shrinking budgets, it can’t be implemented overnight.

Important Decisions When Implementing a Blended Learning Model

In an age of constrained budgets and overworked teachers, adaptive learning is bringing a spark back into the classroom and completely innovating the way education is approached.

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