Our free implementation rubric is designed to support teachers and administrators in effectively implementing a research-based reading/language arts or mathematics instructional program. Using the rubric, educators will better understand the elements that must be in place for full and successful implementation leading to high student achievement.

Over the past two years, Pivot Learning has supported and collaborated with twenty-one rural districts and counties in Northern California to create the Rural Professional Learning Network (RPLN). Through an iterative design process, the RPLN has joined forces to overcome unique challenges due to their limited budgets and remote locations and effectively implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Next Generation Science Standards.

Maximize the impact of professional learning and improve instructional quality and academic achievement in your district or site next school year by following the six coaching best practices outlined in this checklist.

Linda Diamond, president of CORE, writes about the importance of selecting and implementing a strong standards-aligned core curriculum as core instruction for all students, and, at the same time, identifying and implementing structured materials designed specifically to fill learning gaps for those students who need more targeted instruction and materials.

Drawing on the experiences of the LCFF Test Kitchen, this brief offers four recommendations for making the most of Governor Newsom’s January budget proposal for a single web-based application that can merge various district reporting tools to increase efficiency and public understanding.

The Big Squeeze finds that in order to offset the costs of required and growing contributions to the state’s unsustainable pension system, California school districts are increasing class sizes; cutting enrichment opportunities like art, music and after-school activities; reducing counseling and health supports; and making other compromises that stifle learning.

Over the course of one year, three districts embraced a user-centered design approach to foster local innovation and develop better solutions to persistent LCAP challenges. The results of their work are available in these two new briefs.

A homelessness crisis is exploding, mostly out of the public view, in Monterey County, just down the bay from the upscale high-tech capital of San Francisco. In this report, our findings highlight the role of region’s soaring housing costs, lower wage jobs and scant social services infrastructure in the growing crisis.

Pivot Learning’s expert team of district and school improvement specialists came together for a webinar on continuous improvement in special education. This targeted webinar focused on building the capacity of special education leaders, teachers, and related service providers to serve as instructional leaders.

A panel of experts, including school district, community, and city leaders and researchers will discuss the state of education in the Antelope Valley. They will provide recommendations to expand and improve educational opportunities for the large numbers of African-American, English Learners, low-income, homeless, and foster youth in the region.