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In Part 1, I discussed the need for understanding Financial Literacy and including it in our students’ middle and high school experiences. Here, I will discuss the value of high-quality assessments...

In response to the financial crisis of 2008, schools were under pressure to offer more instruction in financial literacy. The need for students to possess functional financial literacy...

Editorial note: The below article was originally published on CenterPoint's blog "The Point" in 2018. Since publication, this article has proved to be the most cited and viewed post on our website....

Join us for a free #SparkingConversations education leadership webinar! Just as rowers work in sync to achieve their goals, so must education teams and stakeholders. 

In an effort to be equitable, most current reading assessments are designed using texts that are likely to be unfamiliar to students ― what are known as “cold” reads. Since reading assessments are...

More mirrors, please When a story on the radio about a new education startup designed for Black students featured the opening synthesizer sounds from Beyonce’s “Formation," I was immediately hooked.1...

At the start of every school year, teachers need to quickly understand what their students know and can do. The pandemic has disproportionately widened knowledge and skill gaps, particularly for...

CenterPoint Education Solutions is pleased to announce a partnership with ASSISTments to support student learning in mathematics. 

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) knew they could do better. Research shows that access to cohesive, high-quality curriculum and instructional materials matters in advancing student learning. But in...