Pivot Learning Acquires Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education, Inc. (CORE) Through a Generous Gift from Owners
Posted May 22, 2017
Oakland, CA – On May 22, 2017, the Pivot Learning Board of Directors approved the acquisition of the Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education, Inc. (CORE) through a generous gift from the founder and owner Bill Honig, as well as owners Catherine Honig and Linda Diamond. This gift brings together two of the longest tenured and most respected education service providers to districts and schools in California and the nation.
CORE’s Approach Aligns to New Report about the Importance of Good Curriculum
Posted May 11, 2017
A recent study published by the The Aspen Institute stresses the importance of integrating curriculum into professional learning and teacher training. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute has written a good review on the report, which aligns with CORE’s approach that teacher training should be connected to curriculum.
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CORE presents at the Expanding MTSS/RTI and Ensuring Results Conference in New Orleans on April 27-28
Posted April 14, 2017
CORE’s Dean Ballard and Nancy McGivney are speaking at the Expanding MTSS/RTI and Ensuring Results Conference in New Orleans on April 27-28 on the topic of, “Professional Learning Support to Maximize Effectiveness of RTI/MTSS.” CORE is also a proud sponsor of the conference so please join us to hear state of the art information on RtI/MTSS implementation strategies.
CORE Academic Quarterly Newsletter, Winter 2017
Posted March 13, 2017
Welcome to the Winter 2017 edition of the CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter!
In this second of a two-part series on reading interventions, we will continue the discussion around new developments in the intervention research and how they can be applied to the work in your schools.
In the Reading Expert section of the Fall 2016 issue, we addressed some advances in reading comprehension interventions. In this issue, we discuss some advances in interventions for word-level reading.
In the Marvelous Mathematician, we tackle moving math knowledge into students’ long-term memory.
In the CORE Leadership Corner, we promote a new website that provides independent curriculum review of a variety of ELA (grades 3-8) and math programs.
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CORE Academic Quarterly Newsletter, Fall 2016
Posted November 1, 2016
Don’t miss the latest CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter!
In the Reading Expert column of this issue, you will find the first of a two-part series on reading interventions, where we discuss some new developments in the intervention research and how this can be applied to your schools. In this issue, we address some advances in interventions for reading comprehension.
In the Marvelous Mathematician column, we tackle addressing language barriers for English learners in mathematics.
The Leadership Corner provides four great resources for improving reading instruction.
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