Branching Minds
Branching Minds provides a comprehensive MTSS platform that unifies academic, behavioral, attendance, and social-emotional data to help K-12 educators identify at-risk students and coordinate interventions. The platform includes Canopy case management for risk-aware workflows, Dottie AI as an AI-powered assistant, and automated tier placement with progress monitoring. It is used by nearly 300,000 educators in more than 500 districts across 38 states.
- Education Technology
- Software Only
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI Agents
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
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Product
Problem
Educators have access to more student data than ever but lack a practical way to turn it into timely, targeted support for students who need it most. Fragmented data across academic, behavioral, attendance, and social-emotional domains prevents early identification of at-risk students and hinders effective collaboration among school staff. This results in students slipping through the cracks and reactive, rather than proactive, intervention practices.
Solution
Branching Minds provides a comprehensive MTSS platform that brings academic, behavioral, attendance, social-emotional learning, and safety data into one unified system. The platform gives educators actionable, research-backed guidance on what to do next, streamlining the creation and management of intervention plans. Canopy case management supports risk-aware MTSS workflows, while Dottie AI acts as an AI-powered assistant to guide intervention processes. The platform includes meeting tools that transform MTSS meetings into efficient, action-oriented sessions and can be implemented within weeks, helping district administrators, school leaders, teachers, and support staff work from a shared, confident practice.
Target Audience
Primary users are K-12 district administrators, school leaders, teachers, and student support staff who need a unified platform to implement MTSS, identify at-risk students, and coordinate interventions across academic and behavioral domains.
Features
- Unified data system integrating academic, behavior, attendance, and social-emotional metrics for a whole-child view
- Canopy case management for risk-aware MTSS and student safety workflows
- Dottie AI, an AI-powered assistant that supports intervention selection and workflow guidance
- Automated tier placement and progress monitoring with visual rate-of-improvement tracking
- Leadership dashboards providing district-level and school-level data visualization for board reporting and decision-making
- Integration with existing systems (e.g., ClassLink) to centralize student information and streamline workflows
- Family communication tools that generate and send plan notifications and progress letters