Teaching an average of two years of growth in one school year.
ThinkCERCA's personalized literacy platform helps educators teach critical thinking skills through argumentative writing. Through standards-aligned close reading and academic writing lessons for English language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics, ThinkCERCA's school-wide approach prepares students aged 9-18 for post-secondary life by strengthening their analytical skills in every subject. Entire school teams use the platform to challenge and inspire classrooms of diverse learners while closing the gap between basic literacy and 21st-century literacy skills. Studies have shown that students can achieve two years of academic growth in one academic year with this technology. ThinkCERCA has students and teachers using its platform in all 50 U.S. states and 130 countries. In 2013, ThinkCERCA was the recipient of a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Literacy Courseware Challenge grant.
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Press Mentions

December 17, 2018
35 World-Changing Women in Conscious Business — 2019 - Conscious Company
Meet the creators and makers, movers and shakers who are transforming business — and the planet — for the better.
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September 26, 2018
Eileen Murphy – CEO – ThinkCERCA
ThinkCERCA CEO Eileen Murphy joins Scott in-studio at WGN Radio to talk about the lack of preparation students face after they graduate and head into the real world. It’s time to dump the old...
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June 18, 2018
Investing in Women: Plum Alley’s Mission
The firm gives members a chance to fund women-led businesses of the future
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August 5, 2016
These Startups Are Out To End Global Illiteracy, An Often Ignored Problem
On a farm in California, entrepreneurs from all over the world came together to tackle a challenge that isn’t usually in the spotlight.
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