In 2018, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of MIND Research Institute. Looking back over the past two decades of our work to transform education, we were continually inspired by the passion and dedication of our colleagues, allies and our partners like you. Together, we have empowered so many young minds across the country. As we look ahead, we continue to build on the foundation of the past toward a future where all students are mathematically equipped to solve the world’s most challenging problems.
Thank you for being part of our past, our present and our future!
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The newly redesigned mindresearch.org website was launched in May, and it is the embodiment of our values, our mission, and the power of our partnerships. The website provides a deeper look into our approach to transforming education, as well as the research and social impact efforts behind everything we do. It also showcases the people who drive MIND’s mission, and the partners and allies who are helping us empower more students across the country every day.
February 2018 saw the launch of our flagship podcast, “Inside Our MIND”. In each episode, we take a look at issues and challenges facing education that we are working to address through research, technology and strategic initiatives.
Our April episode featured the CEO of Education Elements Anthony Kim, sharing his thoughts about how schools and districts must change from an organizational standpoint in order to have a truly successful personalized learning model.
In this new blog series, we interviewed teachers and administrators across the country who were engaging, motivating and challenging their students in unique ways.
"You need to have an educator driving that boat. If you have someone that has no educational background, you’re not going to create a technology plan for the school, you’re going to create a tech plan for a business."
-Brian Seymour, Ingredients for Personalized Learning Success
"Change can always be a challenge at first... My teachers know that when we're going to approach something new, I never say it's going to be new. I say, how is this going to look? ...How can we use this tool to elevate what we're already doing to make us even more successful?"
-Wendy Kerr, Taking Math Culture to the Next Level
Lead Mathematician Brandon Smith, and Co-founder and Chief Research & Development Officer Matthew Peterson, Ph.D, spoke at the ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) conference and expo in June.
Standing room only at Dr. Matthew Peterson’s session on the 4 neural subsystems of learning! #ISTE2018 @MIND_Research @STMath pic.twitter.com/RUc88Kmwtr
— Karin Wu (@KarinCWu) June 25, 2018
Students in schools across 47 states continue to find success through the visual instructional approach of ST Math. Through our ongoing Profiles in Success series, we visit our partner schools to see the power of ST Math in action and hear from educators and administrators just how the program is changing the way their students learn.
This year, third-party independent research firm WestEd conducted a nationwide study of ST Math that was the largest of its kind to evaluate an edtech program. Researchers used an innovative method to normalize school performance across state lines, evaluating how a school ranked on their standardized math test performance within their state before and after adopting ST Math. The study found schools that consistently used ST Math outgrew similar schools by 14 percentile points in statewide ranking.
Listen to "WestEd and Repeatable Results in EdTech Evaluation" on Spreaker.
“Happy to be a judge for MIND Research Institute's national K-12 Game-a-thon. It's a great example of an event that supports young game makers who are designing games that solve mathematical problems.”
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Brazosport Independent School District serves students who speak over 20 languages and have a high mobility rate. When they were offered a grant for ST Math from Phillips 66, which employs many of the families in the area, Brazosport ISD embraced the opportunity. In just three years of implementation, the shift in math culture has been so profound that one campus went from being identified as at-risk by the state to earning the district's top 3rd grade math scores.
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In June, Cisco invited us to be part of their Global Problem Solvers Makerspace at the annual ISTE conference and expo.
Problem solved! Look who brought their superpowers to @ciscoCSR’s party for #GPStheseries Launch at #ISTE18! Supporting @NetHope_org and @waterforpeople @tkthonton @karincwu @bds_math https://t.co/9f5jJCPnUT pic.twitter.com/TVcmDCvElo
— ISTECeleb (@ISTECeleb) June 26, 2018
"In education, we start with the end in mind. For Verizon, our end game is the kids."
- Michelle Joseph, Verizon Foundation
Verizon Innovative Learning provides free technology, free internet access, and hands-on learning experiences to help give under-resourced students the education they deserve. Their efforts to bring devices and effective educational content into classrooms have helped ensure that more of our partner schools are equipped to get the most out of our ST Math program.
In December, MIND was selected as a member of the Fall 2017 Ignite cohort at NewSchools Venture Fund. As part of this cohort, MIND delved into the student gameplay in grades Pre-K-1 of its visual instructional program, ST Math. The goal was to report insights for Pre-K-1 students that ST Math quizzes already provide in grades 2 and up.
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One8 Foundation and Mass STEM Hub partnered to develop an implementation plan and grant program to expand ST Math in Massachusetts. It enabled 54 schools to implement the program for 3 years, starting this school year.
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In April, PwC invited us to join them at the the 5th USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo in Washington D.C. Over 350K+ attendees celebrated science at the Expo and engaged in activities with some of the biggest names in STEM.
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Last fall, we experienced a season full of STEM events with Rockwell Automation. As we prepared for two Family Math Nights and the 2017 Automation Fair event, Rockwell Automation invited our CEO, Brett Woudenberg, to weigh in with his thoughts on the future of the STEM workforce.
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MIND’s had an incredible year of forwarding its mission. ST Math now reaches more students than ever before and we’re continuing to find ways to empower the next generation of problem solvers. Your support will help us to continue research and development, and to expand our reach to more students, teachers, schools and communities.
