Branching Minds is a highly respected K-12 services and technology company that leverages the learning sciences and technology to help districts effectively personalize learning through enhancements to their MTSS/RTI practice. Having worked with hundreds of districts across the country, we bring deep expertise in learning sciences, data management and analysis, software design, coaching, and collaboration. Combined with our extensive toolkit of resources, PD, and technology, we provide a system-level solution. We are more than a service or a software provider, we are partners who will deliver sustainable results for educators, and a path to success for every learner.
About our platform: Branching Minds is an MTSS/RTI system-level education platform that brings together innovative, easy to use technology with the latest insights from the learning sciences to help drive student and school success, while making teachers and administrators work easier and more effectively. Branching Minds connects data, systems, interventions, and stakeholders so that educators, administrators, and families can work better together to support students' holistic needs.
The Branching Minds platform helps educators to:
Proactively identify struggling students and define their needs
Curate the right learning support from our robust library of 1000s of evidence-based strategies, interventions and accommodations (across academics, behavior and SEL K-12)
Scaffold collaborative intervention plans guided by best practices
Support flexible grouping and group plan creation
Monitor students’ progress and responses to interventions
Promote a whole child lens by connecting the dots across academic subjects, behavior and SEL for teachers, specialists, and families
Get the necessary data for data-driven decision
Streamline the documentation of all aspects of the RTI/MTSS
Improve transparency around and consistency of family communications
Enable school and district leaders to understand RTI/MTSS system-level health
About our platform: Branching Minds is an MTSS/RTI system-level education platform that brings together innovative, easy to use technology with the latest insights from the learning sciences to help drive student and school success, while making teachers and administrators work easier and more effectively. Branching Minds connects data, systems, interventions, and stakeholders so that educators, administrators, and families can work better together to support students' holistic needs.
The Branching Minds platform helps educators to:
Proactively identify struggling students and define their needs
Curate the right learning support from our robust library of 1000s of evidence-based strategies, interventions and accommodations (across academics, behavior and SEL K-12)
Scaffold collaborative intervention plans guided by best practices
Support flexible grouping and group plan creation
Monitor students’ progress and responses to interventions
Promote a whole child lens by connecting the dots across academic subjects, behavior and SEL for teachers, specialists, and families
Get the necessary data for data-driven decision
Streamline the documentation of all aspects of the RTI/MTSS
Improve transparency around and consistency of family communications
Enable school and district leaders to understand RTI/MTSS system-level health
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +1 646-450-5174
Founded date: 2013
Investors 2
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Mentions in press and media 30
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| 27.08.2026 | Branching Minds Named to Fortune's 2026 Best Small Workplaces™ List for the Second Consecutive Year | Branching Minds earns Great Place to Work® badge for 2026-2027 The edtech company ranked #8 on a list of the best small workplaces nationally. Being named to this list two years in a row means the world to us. It’s proof that the trust, hum... |
| 28.07.2026 | New Wave of State Mandates Pushes K-12 Districts Toward Integrated Student Safety and Support Software | Branching Minds launches Canopy Case Management to help districts embed behavioral threat and suicide risk assessment into existing student support systems. Districts want student safety and support to work as one system, not two — so staff... |
| 22.07.2026 | BrighterBalance Named a Gold Friend of CASE in Support of Special Education Leaders Nationwide | BrighterBalance, a real-time behavioral data documentation platform for K-12 special education and MTSS, has been named a Gold Friend of CASE, the Council of Administrators of Special Education. The designation for companies that support CA... |
| 09.06.2026 | Branching Minds Named to Fortune’s Best Workplaces in New York™ List for the Second Consecutive Year | Recognition reflects the company’s enduring commitment to a high-trust, mission-driven culture and the team that brings it to life every day. What is most meaningful is that this recognition comes directly from our team. It’s our Branchers ... |
| 01.04.2026 | Branching Minds Wins 2026 EdTech Awards for Personalized Learning and Visionary Leadership | EdTech Awards - Cool Tool EdTech Awards - Visionary Leadership We’re proud to deliver tools that not only surface insights, but help teams take meaningful, coordinated action to support every student.” — Emily-Rose Barry, VP of ProductNEW Y... |
| 03.02.2026 | Branching Minds Recertified as a Great Place to Work®, Earning an Exceptionally High Trust Index™ Score | Branching Minds earns Great Place to Work® badge for 2026-2027 When our team feels valued, heard, and supported, we collaborate more deeply, innovate faster, and ultimately show up better for the educators and students we serve.” — Abigail ... |
| 26.01.2026 | Branching Minds Appoints Mitch Benson as President to Accelerate Growth and Scale Impact | Mitch Benson, President of Branching Minds Mitch is a rare leader who combines deep K–12 expertise, product and platform experience, and a strong commitment to educational impact.” — Maya Gat, Co-Founder and CEONEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, ... |
| 21.01.2026 | Canopy Case Management Named Finalist for 2026 Top EdTech Products of the Year Awards in Safety and Security Technology | Recognition reinforces Branching Minds' commitment to integrated safety insights and holistic student support under MTSS. In an era when student safety is top of mind for districts, this recognition underscores Canopyâs role in uniting sa... |
| 23.10.2025 | Branching Minds Wins Two 2025 CODiE Awards for Best Teacher Collaboration Solution and Best Evidence Management Solution | Dual honors celebrate Branching Minds’ educator-first approach to collaboration and evidence-based student support. Winning these categories affirms that we’re not only helping schools better manage student data, but also empowering teacher... |
| 28.08.2025 | Branching Minds Named to Fortune’s 2025 Best Small Workplaces™ List | We are a mission-driven group working to make education better for educators and students alike, and we do it with heart, humility, and a lot of collaboration.” — Maya Gat, Co-Founder and CEO of Branching Minds.NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, ... |
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