A Message from Our CEO
Dear Friends,
With the help of friends like you, MIND Research Institute made great strides in 2012. We reached a record 450,000 students and 19,000 teachers in 1,700 schools nationwide. These schools continued to see two to three times the growth in math proficiency – proving that together we’ re making a real impact in educational outcomes for today’ s children.
Our corporate, foundation and community supporters helped MIND Research launch Math Initiatives at the neediest schools in Baltimore, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington, D. C. Math Initiatives were bolstered by major gifts from new donors including the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, as well as continued support from Cisco Foundation and PricewaterhouseCoopers. To date, $ 9.7 million has been raised to offset the $ 22.7 million investment MIND Research has made in 15 Math Initiatives across the country. We appreciate continued support toward this effort to close our nation’ s math achievement gap. of California, Irvine, which provides greater access to interns and faculty researchers. In 2013, we will further foster collaboration with the university by hiring a doctoral researcher to lead our education research in areas such as working memory and the neuroscience of learning.
Encouraged by the student achievement with our ST Math programs, we are currently developing a sixth grade program and an algebra solution, with the goal of rolling out a supplemental algebra curriculum and sixth grade in 2014.
We look forward to continuing to call on our friends like you to help us advance the efforts to bring math success to children in Orange County and across America.
Sincerely,
Ted Smith Chairman and CEO MIND Research Institute
In 2012, adoptions of ST Math continued to grow with a district-wide implementation by Stockton Unified School District in California’ s Central Valley. It’ s the largest adoption in MIND Research’ s history. We also introduced a new generation of ST Math that is optimized to support tablets and utilize their touch screens. It also aligns with the new Common Core State Standards being adopted in 46 states. Teacher and student reaction to the new capabilities has been very positive!
We continued to focus on the fidelity of implementation of our Math Education Process to ensure that our participating schools experience the full benefits of ST Math. This effort included investing in additional Educational Services staff, holding more orientation meetings with principals and ensuring teachers received more training.
At the end of 2012, we moved our Southern California headquarters to a larger facility adjacent to the University
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