This piece highlights how Laguna Beach Unified School District reimagined curriculum adoption as a catalyst for systemwide change—using the process to center student experience, empower teachers, and build shared instructional vision. Rather than treating adoption as a transaction, Laguna leveraged it as an opportunity to transform teaching, leadership, and professional learning across the district.| CEMD
This week's Market Insights highlights the conditions that shape effective implementation.| CEMD
No two school districts look alike. Explore how geography, size, and student needs combine to create 13,000 unique realities across America’s public education landscape.| CEMD
As California prepares for its first statewide math curriculum adoption in over a decade, new reports from CEMD reveal both progress and persistent inequities in access to high-quality instructional materials.| CEMD
An analysis of math curriculum access in California high schools, highlighting adoption trends, persistent inequities, and what’s at stake as districts prepare for the 2025 math adoption.| CEMD
State adoption cycles strongly shape what instructional materials districts use. This blog highlights how the timing of adoptions is the clearest predictor of whether students have access to current, high-quality curricula — underscoring the critical role states play in promoting equity and coherence.| CEMD
A statewide look at how California’s elementary and middle school students are experiencing access to math materials in the lead-up to the 2025 adoption. This report pair highlights persistent reliance on outdated curricula, the equity gaps this creates, and the opportunities ahead for coherence and improvement.| CEMD
California’s 2025 math adoption comes at a decisive moment for the state’s 5.5 million students. This hub features a series of reports, briefs, and blogs that provide a statewide view of K–12 curriculum access.| CEMD
What curriculum are districts like yours choosing? This week’s Market Insights is a note from CEMD's Executive Director, Lora Kaiser.| CEMD
This week’s Market Insights showcases how systems are rethinking curriculum adoption to drive real instructional impact.| CEMD
This week's Market Insights highlights signals from the field and the decisions shaping coherence as the school year gets underway.| CEMD
This week's Market Insights reflects on how districts are navigating curriculum coherence amidst changes in the broader K-12 landscape| CEMD
This week's Market Insights explores the theme of Less Noise, More Coherence: Rethinking Your Instructional Ecosystem.| CEMD
CEMD is a non profit organization committed to K 12 education research to help improve outcomes for underserved students.| CEMD
This three-part series unpacks national K–5 ELA curriculum trends to reveal shifts, gaps, and systems to support coherent, high-quality instruction.| CEMD