Pivot Learning Partners
Raising Achievement in
California Public Schools
Pivot Learning Partners is raising achievement in California public schools and accelerating the learning of the lowest-performing students. Pivot works collaboratively with teachers and administrators to provide a continuous improvement process using professional development, tools, and coaching to achieve and sustain results. Pivot is a SAIT and DAIT provider for Elementary, Middle, and High Schools. Learn more...
Celebrating 15 Years of
Pursuing
Student Achievement in California
Over the past fifteen years, California public schools have seen a lot of changes and faced many challenges, and we have stood by them through it all. Our organization has grown and expanded to meet the needs of California students and educators and will continue to do so for years to come.
Join us as we celebrate our 15th anniversary!
The original SF Chronicle article about how it all started (outside link).
What's New?
A Special Message from Our Executive Director
California has always been proud of its high standards, but any set of standards should be reviewed and updated periodically. The Common Core Standards represent an exciting opportunity to refocus the discussion of school improvement on what really matters, which is teaching and learning. California should adopt the Common Core Standards and California educators should dive into a healthy discussion of what we really want our students to know and be able to do.
~ Merrill Vargo
Read an open letter to Governor Schwarzenegger (PDF)
Pivot Learning Partners Teams Up with Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Pivot Learning Partners is proud to announce its partnership with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as the exclusive professional development training provider for the Houghton Mifflin Reading California: Medallion Edition! (outside link) Pivot Learning Partners has expanded its professional development offerings to educators with the introduction of Balanced ELA, a specialized Reading/Language Arts training program.
Learn more about Balanced ELA.
"From observation to insight"
Director of The Innovation Incubator Jim Hollis takes an indepth look at how the educators can turn everyday tech devices into powerful data collection tools to analyze what is really happening in the classroom. Read the article in the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of the ACSA Leadership Magazine (outside link) or download the original article (pdf)
Learn more about Pivot Learning Partners' Data Tools