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Karl Rectanus brings a wealth of experience & expertise to the Throughline Learning Board

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Karl Rectanus Joins the Throughline Learning Board!

Karl Rectanus is an educator, entrepreneur, advisor, and investor, whose professional career has focused on expanding the effectiveness of education systems to deliver better outcomes for all. Initially a K12 educator and administrator in the US and abroad, he has launched and led four successful education innovation organizations, and advised dozens of others to align operations to expand their impact. Most notably, Karl co-founded and led LearnPlatform, driving groundbreaking work measuring the impact of education technology. LearnPlatform was recently acquired by Instructure, where Karl led K12 strategy and platform development until the end of 2023.  Karl now focuses his efforts on systems change to benefit all, especially those that have been traditionally underserved.

We are excited to announce Karl as the newest member of our Board, and know our organization will benefit greatly from his expertise and innovator’s mindset. Please help us extend a warm welcome!

SY23 Annual Report: Spotlight on Writing

During the final year of our 3-year partnership with Bernon Heights Elementary School in Woonsocket, RI, our partnership focused on building student persistence for challenging work and strengthening student feedback protocols within the context of writing.

With the benefit of strong relationships and consistent leadership and staff over the past three years, our whole school focus on writing had a strong foundation for success. In addition to collecting rubric data on writing across grades, we also ran student focus groups twice a year to hear how the work was landing with students and what improvements could be made.

In SY23, teachers who shifted their instruction after each coaching session with our team showed a higher percentage of students meeting benchmarks on writing rubrics.

If you missed our Annual Report, be sure to check it out now!

Read the Report

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Free Screen Mirroring Tool for Teachers & Students

Are you looking for ways for your students to easily share their work, presentations, and creativity wirelessly from their seat? Try the new offering Vivi for Teachers for FREE and increase your participation immediately, while also igniting active engagement!

Vivi for Teachers is a web-based app compatible with all laptops, where students can join their teacher’s “virtual classroom” with a link and code. Once joined, they can share their screen wirelessly – with the teacher’s permission of course. No more emailing teachers their slides to present or dealing with HDMI cords or dongles – instead students can share their work from their seat easily and seamlessly. Students can access a built-in virtual whiteboard they can use to work out problems. Schools are also exploring Vivi’s power for teachers during professional development sessions.

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