Author: Michael Vergara

MindPlay Awarded 2018 Best Homeschool Curriculum & Resource

March 9, 2018—Tucson, AZ—MindPlay online reading and literacy publisher today announced it has been recognized as one of How to Homeschool’s Best Homeschool Curriculum & Resources of 2018. The award honors the best homeschool products for kids that provide breadth, depth and engagement, says How to Homeschool.com. “It is hard to find new and unique […]

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National Reading Month Success Series: Middle School Struggling Readers Average Two Years’ Grade Level Growth in One Semester

Special Education and struggling readers make dramatic reading gains with MindPlay literacy online program March 7, 2018, Tucson, AZ—MindPlay online reading and literacy publisher announces dramatic gains for struggling students at the grade six-through-eight Lou Mendive Middle School in Reno, Nevada. In August, the average reading level for most Mendive English language learners was third […]

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Special Education and Tier III Middle School Students Exceed Reading Program Expectations Using MindPlay

Reading Challenge: Bringing high-risk middle school students to grade level in reading. Cheryl Efird is “Operation Graduation” Reading Teacher at Morgan County Middle School in Madison, GA. The 718-student, grade six through eight population has a 42 percent rate of free and reduced lunches. The school is part of a county charter school system that […]

Middle School Learners (6-8) Special Education Testimonials

Middle School Struggling Readers Average Two to Three Years’ Grade Level Growth in One Semester

Reading Challenge: Middle school students are up to four grade levels below in reading. Richard Wiley, Ed.S., M.Ed., is EL and Tier III Reading Interventionist at Lou Mendive Middle School in Reno, NV. With 1,100 grade six through eight students, Mendive serves a population of 47 percent free/reduced lunch students, many of whom are up […]

ELL Middle School Learners (6-8) Testimonials

Third Grade Students Learn the Power of Words and Literacy

Reading Challenge: Maintaining consistency in serving a highly transient student population with a large number of English language learners. At Red Rock Elementary School in Gallup, New Mexico, third grade teacher and MindPlay Administrator Grace Lueras is challenged with ensuring her large population of English Language Learners (ELL) and students from transient families receive the […]

Elementary Learners (K-5) ELL Testimonials

Learning Disabled Elementary School Students Excel on MVRC

Reading Challenge: Making progress with first-to-fifth grade students who face a range of learning disabilities such as dyslexia, autism, and other challenges. At Sherwood Elementary School in the Pulaski County Special School District in Sherwood, Arkansas, Special Education teacher Melody Morris is faced with the challenge of improving literacy outcomes for students at multiple grade […]

Elementary Learners (K-5) Special Education Testimonials

Tech-Savvy Intervention Program Manager Harnesses Grapevine for Educator Buy-In

Reading Challenge: Promoting the use of MindPlay as a K-12 reading solution. Houston Independent School District’s Intervention Program Manager, Mary Miner, says it was viral communication about MindPlay’s success that inspired more and more schools to adopt it as a reading solution. “We never mandated the use of MindPlay but allowed word of mouth to […]

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Struggling Third-Graders Make Quick and Dramatic Gains

Reading Challenge: More than 50 percent critical ESL, ELL struggling and dyslexic readers “What’s powerful is that students can see and hear word pronunciations through an actual reading coach,” says Misty Simpson, a 12-year education veteran and Reading and Social Studies teacher at Blake Manor Elementary in the Manor (Texas) Independent School District. “This makes […]

Dyslexia Elementary Learners (K-5) ELL Special Education Testimonials

Homeschooled 5th Grader Jumps Two Grade Levels with MindPlay

The Reading Challenge: a dyslexic homeschooled fifth-grader is reading at the third-grade level. Anna’s Story: In fifth grade, the shift from a self-contained, multi-subject classroom to a middle-school model of six different periods, subjects and teachers proved too great a challenge for Anna, who was already doing her best to cope with dyslexia. Says Anna’s […]

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