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August 13, 2024
EL Education Launches Innovative Grades 6–8 Crew Curriculum for the 2024–2025 School Year in Partnership with Open Up Resources
EL Education, a national nonprofit K–12 educational publisher, proudly announces the launch of the Grade 6–8 Crew Curriculum. This innovative program, now available through Open Up Resources, extends beyond traditional Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and life skills programs and is designed to support teachers in creating engaging classrooms and fostering growth mindsets among students. The Crew […]

August 05, 2024
A Strategic Year 1 Implementation of Open Up Resources K-8 Math: Nuasin’s Success Story
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYNuasin Next Generation Charter School is a K–12 public charter school committed to developing intellectually-curious scholars who are prepared to succeed in college, career, and life. During the fall of 2022, Nuasin educators recognized a need to adopt a new curriculum that better supported teachers and students as they strove to achieve their vision […]

August 02, 2024
OUR Teacher of the Month Program: Now Offering a $500 Classroom Support Prize!
At Open Up Resources, we take pride in celebrating the remarkable educators who demonstrate excellence in teaching our K–12 math and ELA curricula. September to May each year, we recognize a Teacher of the Month and highlight some of their outstanding contributions in the classroom and their exceptional support within the Open Up Resources National […]

July 18, 2024
EL Education Launches K–2 2024 Reading Foundational Skills Block, a Structured Phonics Curriculum, in Partnership with Open Up Resources
EL Education, a national nonprofit K–12 educational publisher, proudly announces the launch of the GK–2 2024 Reading Foundational Skills Block, a structured phonics curriculum. Designed to help students crack the alphabetic code and achieve grade-level reading proficiency, the 2024 Skills Block is deeply rooted in the Science of Reading and is now available through our […]

May 29, 2024
Bookworms K-5 Reading and Writing + Professional Learning Leads to Changes in Student Learning Trajectories
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In this study, researchers investigated the effects of a schoolwide program, BookwormsK–5 Reading and Writing (Bookworms), on student achievement. The study included seven cohorts of students (n = 8,806) in Grades 2–5 in 17 elementary schools. There was no comparison group, but researchers used a time-series design over three school years to estimate […]

May 20, 2024
Two IL Graduating Seniors Named First Recipients of OUR High School Mathematics Scholarship
On Sunday afternoon, Chiemela Samuel Onyenso and Deven West, new graduates of Thornwood High School in South Holland (IL), were named the 2024 recipients of the Open Up Resources High School Mathematics Scholarship. The award was presented by Open Up Resources CEO Jason Isaacs at Thornwood High School’s graduation ceremony. New in 2024, the Open Up Resources High School […]