KIPP Destiny Middle School Partners with ThinkCERCA to Improve Reading

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Leading charter school selects award-winning literacy platform to boost student achievement.

Chicago, IL, May 24, 2017 --(PR.com)-- ThinkCERCA, a leading provider of personalized literacy
solutions, announced today that it has partnered with KIPP Destiny Middle School to improve students'
writing skills. ThinkCERCA's close reading and argumentative writing platform offers differentiated
literacy lessons for English language arts, social studies, science, and math for students in grades 4-12.

KIPP Destiny, a Dallas-based public charter middle school, adopted ThinkCERCA for its 6th grade
honors program and will be used as the cornerstone of writing instruction. The school selected
ThinkCERCA to prepare students for today's rigorous state assessments, which now more than ever
require students to read critically and express their point of view through writing.

ThinkCERCA's Applied Reading & Writing lessons are topical and engaging, said Esmeralda Cardoso,
principal of KIPP Destiny Middle School. When combined with its Direct Instruction lessons, students
are really able to exercise all the educational benefits ThinkCERCA has to offer.

Designed by a team of leading educators and curriculum experts, ThinkCERCA's approach to literacy is
supported by decades of research that shows cross-curricular reading, writing, and debate leads to college
and career readiness.

The partnership represents a new twist on personalizing learning because it encourages collaborative
discussion and debate in classrooms versus individual work at workstations or in computer labs.

Writing is such an important skill to master in today's ever-changing world. If students know how to
articulate their thoughts effectively in writing, then they are more likely to be college- and career-ready,
said Eileen Murphy, founder and CEO of ThinkCERCA. We are extremely excited to partner with KIPP
Destiny to help students develop this critical skill.

ThinkCERCA's Applied Reading & Writing lessons are centered around debatable topics that get students
thinking critically about real-world issues. These lessons are differentiated for 10 levels to fuel engaging
discussions among students of varying readiness levels.

In a recent LEAP Innovations Pilot Network study of 26 ed-tech tools, ThinkCERCA's collaborative
approach to personalized literacy was proven to help students achieve two years of academic growth per
year on average.

About ThinkCERCA
ThinkCERCA's personalized literacy platform helps educators teach critical thinking skills through
argumentative writing. With students and teachers using its platform in all 50 states and 130 countries, the
company has partnered with prominent leaders in education, including Follett Corporation, and has been

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featured by The Atlantic and EdSurge. A 2016 SIAA CODiE Awards finalist in the Best Learning
Capacity-Building Solution and Best Reading/English/Language Arts Instructional Solution categories,
ThinkCERCA has also been named one of the best tools in ed tech by Common Sense's Graphite. In July
2013, ThinkCERCA was the recipient of a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Literacy Courseware
Challenge grant, and in December 2012, graduated from the inaugural class of Impact Engine's social
impact accelerator. To learn more, please visit ThinkCERCA.com.

About KIPP Destiny Middle School

KIPP Destiny Middle School opened in August 2015 as the second middle school in the KIPP Dallas-Fort
Worth region. KIPP Destiny Middle School's mission is to empower all students to fulfill their destiny
and positively impact the world by arming them with knowledge, skills, and character necessary to
succeed in college and beyond. The school serves students in 6th and 7th grades for the 2016-2017 school
year, and will add one grade level each year until it becomes a fully enrolled 5th through 8th grade middle
school by 2018.

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