GRiT didn’t start in a lab. It started in a Wisconsin high school, as a practical answer to what students and teachers were actually facing.
It began as a pilot called Mindset Matters, helping students understand how their thoughts shape their choices. The engagement was unlike anything we’d seen, so we kept building: testing in real classrooms with entrepreneurship students, refining through real-world application, and grounding everything in three principles, neuroscience education, relational intelligence, and executive-function tools adapted for students.
Today GRiT spans elementary through higher education, the first curriculum family under RewiredEDU, with more on the way.
The lessons, the filming, the first student presentations — GRiT took shape in a real Wisconsin classroom long before it was ever a packaged curriculum.
“Students will rise to the expectations you set, when those expectations are paired with real tools and real support.”— Refined in real classrooms, Fond du Lac, WI
“Mindset Matters” launches in a Wisconsin high school.
The framework forms around relational intelligence and executive-function tools.
Refined with real students and measurable outcomes; extended K–12 and into higher ed.
Real-time measurement so schools see growth as it happens.
GRiT becomes the first of a growing family of curricula.
What began as a pilot has earned recognition and reached new classrooms — all the way to the university level.
Instructional experts building practical, neuroscience-based tools for today’s classrooms.
Meet the team →