This edition of the Business of Giving features Michelle Brown, founder and CEO of the nonprofit CommonLit. While working with Teach for America in rural Mississippi, she realized the seventh grade ...

Middle school writing instruction doesn’t have to be overwhelming. By combining clear rubrics, mentor texts, and efficient feedback strategies, teachers can help students grow into confident, capable ...

Commonlit.org provides your students with built-in support to match their abilities and learning styles with the materials and the skills. Each assignment comes with this toolbar (on left). It ...

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Michelle Brown was teaching students from low-income backgrounds at a small rural school in Mississippi when she reached breaking point. There was simply no way she could cater to all their needs as ...

A new English curriculum is coming to Indian Prairie School District 204 middle schools next year. The District 204 board on Jan. 13 officially approved changes to the middle school English Language ...

A tech nonprofit called CommonLit won a $3.89 million grant from the Department of Education to develop software and content that helps students read well enough to graduate from high school and ...