Learning Forward is designing a network focused on curriculum-based professional learning. With support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the network will support districts building educator capacity to implement high-quality curricula.

The network will be anchored in Learning Forward’s Standards for Professional Learning as well as the principles set forth in the reports The Elements: Transforming Teaching Through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning (Carnegie Corporation, 2020) and Curriculum-Based Professional Learning: The State of the Field (Center for Public Research and Leadership, 2022).

Learning Forward will invite nine district teams to participate in the network. Working collaboratively, the teams will use a continuous improvement process over the 2023-24 academic year to support their middle school math curriculum implementation so that all students have the opportunity to engage in meaningful learning.

An advisory team with expertise in math instruction, equity, professional learning, and curriculum implementation will provide input to Learning Forward as it refines the network design and plans to support the participating districts.

For more information, contact Michelle Bowman, vice president of networks & continuous improvement, at michelle.bowman@learningforward.org.

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