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title: CEMD Market Insights 11/14/2025
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This week's Market Insights highlights what California’s list and national signals reveal about turning adoption into impact.

| View in browser Market Insights November 14, 2025 Across the country, systems are shifting—from California’s math adoption moment to national conversations about how we fund, support, and scale what works. This week’s insights highlight a shared reality: it’s not just what materials we choose that matters, but how well our systems are built to implement them. Spotlight CEMD \| California's New Math Instructional Materials List: Five Ways District Leaders Can Turn Selection Into Success CEMD Executive Director Lora Kaiser responds to California’s newly released math instructional materials list—not with flashy headlines, but with grounded guidance. She outlines five clear moves district leaders can take to ensure that this adoption moment leads to real impact. Her message is simple: the work ahead isn’t about discovering something new, it’s about doing what we already know works—consistently, coherently, and collaboratively.   Bottom line: Regardless of the state you're in, effective selection and thoughtful implementation are what turn strong materials into strong instruction—for every student, every day. From the Field CurriculumHQ \| California is Problem-Solving for High-Quality Math Curriculum NCTQ \|  The missing link in reading reform: Centering English learners in state literacy policies Listen & Learn In Episode 10 of Policy Changes Lives (Season 2025), hosts Adriana Harrington and Lindsey Henderson talk with Liz Cohen of 50CAN about how high school graduation requirements must evolve to meet the changing demands facing today’s students. The conversation questions long-standing assumptions about what all students need—and considers what it really means to prepare them for the future. Listen Now What We're Reading The74 \| These Schools Are Beating the Odds in Teaching Kids to Read Chalkbeat \| The "southern surge": What's really going on McKinsey \| From surplus to scarcity: K–12 district leaders brace for leaner years Save the Date How do we know which curricula districts are using—and how can better data improve teaching and learning?   On Tuesday, November 18th at 3 pm ET, join the Collaborative for Student Success for a discussion among experts with RAND Corporation, CEMD, and EdTrust–New York on the complex landscape of state curriculum data: what’s working, what’s missing, and why it matters for students and teachers. RSVP Here Resource of the Week 13,000 Districts, 13,000 Realities: What Numbers Reveal CEMD’s new infographic visualizes national district-level data to show how geography, enrollment size, student demographics, and instructional context shape the realities of more than 13,000 public school systems—and why curriculum strategies must reflect those local contexts. Explore the Landscape Subscribe to Market Insights Make confident, informed decisions with CEMD's expert analysis. If this was forwarded to you, subscribe to keep getting the latest education market signals.  Stay Informed Center for Education Market Dynamics, a project of Cambiar Education, 4653 Carmel Mountain Road, Suite 308-97, San Diego, CA 92130 Manage preferences |
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