Monica Ng, Pivot Learning’s Director, Education Programs, recently shared details of Pivot Learning’s collaboration with Monterey Peninsula USD and Lancaster SD to pilot an innovative peer-to-peer learning model. Leadership teams from these two districts were provided the opportunity to learn strategies for leveraging multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) models to address the needs of at-risk student populations from educators in Sanger USD, a national leader in the use of MTSS.

EdSource asked more than 40 education leaders from across California’s education system to share their thoughts on Gov. Newsom’s sweeping budget proposals, which will set the direction for the state’s education priorities. Arun Ramanathan shared his perspective, encouraging state leadership and support.

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) recently named Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education (CORE), a subsidiary of Pivot Learning, as one of the approved providers for research-based effective literacy instructional professional learning throughout the state.

EdReports provided independent analyses of five ELA foundational skills programs, including whether or not the skills apply research-based practices and are presented systematically with explicit instruction, so that educators can ensure they’re selecting strong, research-based supplemental reading curriculum. Linda Diamond, president of our partner organization, CORE, was a reviewer.

Educate78 recently took a deep dive into 2018-19 SBAC trends in "CRUNCHED: 5 Years of SBAC; 4 Views on Differentiated Assistance." Their analysis found that 32 schools in Oakland did not see positive gains in either ELA or Math. With the majority of schools needing support of some kind, Educate78 reached out to Oakland-based education organizations to find out how Differentiated Assistance can be provided. Pivot’s CEO, Arun Ramanthan, shared Pivot’s approach to school improvement.

Lake Orion Community Schools has been working hard to improve ELA instructional practices and increase reading achievement across the district. Not only have reading scores improved, but the district’s early literacy intervention program has received international recognition. Watch this webinar to learn more.

In California, recent funding increases have been outpaced by rising costs. Two new case studies drill into how budget pressures are playing out in Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) and in Marin county school districts.

Watch this on-demand webinar featuring Dr. David Kilpatrick, Author of Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties, to learn how word-level reading develops and why some students struggle are valuable starting points for planning reading instruction and interventions.

Educators have long known that students with disabilities have not made the gains they should, despite placement in special education classes with individualized education plans or even mainstreaming into general education classrooms. Learn more from Linda Diamond, President of CORE and Author of the Teaching Reading Sourcebook, about closing the achievement gap for students with disabilities.

Just like students whose native language is Spanish or Amharic, students who speak the dialect known as African-American English (AAE) face obstacles to becoming proficient readers. Watch this webinar with Dr. Julie A. Washington to gain a deeper understanding of the impact AAE dialect has on black-white differences in reading achievement.