Algebra 1, Algebra 2 & Geometry,
Built for Minnesota
We built Merit Education Group on a simple belief: a great math curriculum should never depend on a district's budget. Every student deserves access to high-quality materials, regardless of the socioeconomic status of their school community. The team has over 16 years of experience building curriculum. We designed every lesson together — the scope, the structure, the standards, the word problems — and used AI-assisted production to draft, format, and refine at scale. The teaching decisions are ours; the final sign-off is ours. That model keeps our costs flat and our price flat: a one-time $5,000 setup per course — the same for every district, covering onboarding and training — then $25 per student, per course, once. No sales force, no printing, no middlemen, no subscriptions. Access is the point, and the price is the proof.
Our Mission
To equip every Minnesota Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Geometry classroom with a curriculum that is academically rigorous, culturally affirming, and built for real teaching and learning — not for textbooks that land on a shelf.
Our Vision
A Minnesota where every student — regardless of background, language, or prior math experience — walks into any math classroom with confidence and leaves with the skills and mindset to thrive.
Every Merit Education Group lesson is designed for every Minnesota student — culturally affirming, academically rigorous, and built for real classrooms.
Our Approach
Four pillars guide every decision we make — from lesson design to professional development.
Relational Intelligence
We believe math learning happens best through relationships — between teacher and student, student and content, and student and student. Our lessons embed collaborative structures, discourse routines, and community-building practices that turn the classroom into a learning community where every voice matters.
Instructional Adaptability
No two classrooms are the same. Our curriculum is designed with flexibility at its core — offering tiered entry points, multilingual supports, and pacing options that let teachers meet students where they are. Whether you teach in a co-taught setting, an EL pull-out model, or a accelerated track, the structure adapts.
Growth Over Compliance
We measure success by growth, not compliance. Our PBIS-integrated framework shifts the focus from punitive behavioral management to proactive skill-building. Students learn to self-regulate, persist through productive struggle, and take ownership of their learning journey — because math confidence is built one successful attempt at a time.
Reflective Practice
Great teaching is iterative. Each lesson includes built-in formative checkpoints, exit tickets, and reflection prompts — for students and teachers alike. We equip educators with data they can act on immediately, not just at the end of the unit. Our professional learning communities use this feedback cycle to continuously refine instruction.
What Sets Us Apart
We aren't just another publisher. Here's what makes Merit Education Group different.
Built by Merit Education Group
MEG was founded by a Minnesota educator who knows the Minnesota Academic Standards in Mathematics firsthand. The curriculum is built by Merit Education Group — not a national publisher adapting a product for Minnesota — it's a Minnesota-built solution from day one.
Full PBIS Integration
Unlike programs that bolt on behavioral supports as an afterthought, our curriculum embeds PBIS principles into the DNA of every lesson. Expectation-setting, positive reinforcement, and social-emotional skill-building are woven into the instructional flow — not separate from it.
Culturally Responsive by Design
Every problem set, context, and application reflects the diversity of Minnesota students. We use real Minnesota data, local contexts, and inclusive representation — not generic word problems. Students see themselves in the math, and that changes everything.
Classroom-Ready, Teacher-Friendly
Every unit ships the complete V6 kit — 13 categories and 264 files: scope & sequence, pacing, slide decks, lesson plans, teacher editions, tiered worksheets, assessments, guided notes, bell ringers, family letters (English, Hmong, Somali, Spanish), teacher resources, and substitute plans. Teachers stop building materials from scratch.
Comprehensive Assessment Suite
Every unit includes Quiz 1, Quiz 2, a Mid-Unit Summative, and an End-of-Unit Test — each with a student version for easy printing. Every item carries its exact 2022 benchmark code, Standards for Mathematical Practice, and context tag, so the data tells a meaningful story with no manual tagging.
Multilingual & Multimodal Access
Family letters for every unit in four languages (English, Hmong, Somali, Spanish), bilingual vocabulary cards, sentence frames, and visual supports baked into every lesson. Every learner can access grade-level mathematics — designed for inclusion from the outset, not as an add-on.
Source-Verified Careers & Minnesota Themes
28 source-verified Minnesota careers with wage data verified against MN DEED OES data and O*NET — plus the 258-theme Minnesota slide-deck design bank. Every lesson connects to a real MN career with a real MN salary, and no two lesson decks share a theme.
Dual-Format Delivery
Identical curriculum in Google AND Microsoft formats — open, edit, and assign in the workflow your district already uses. No platform lock-in, no migration cost.
153+
Core Lessons per Course
264
Files in the V6 Unit 1 Kit
4
Unit Assessments (with Student Versions)
12
Kit Categories per Unit
Ready to Bring MEG to Your Classroom?
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