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Jenny Taylor

Jenny has over a decade of experience in education policy and research. She has worked with states and districts on the development and implementation of college and career readiness policies, especially around the implementation of rigorous standards and high-quality instructional materials. She has extensive knowledge about K–12 standards, graduation requirements, assessments, and accountability systems nationwide. Additionally, she has conducted research for school districts to address pressing needs in those districts. Jenny received her B.A. in English and education from Bucknell University and her M.Ed. in education policy from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.

Jenny Taylor

A District That Moves Together

How Dublin Unified created a learning foundation with lessons for other California districts

Beyond Adoption: Why Curriculum Adoption is Not the Endpoint

Major curriculum adoptions are often filled with optimism; however, across districts, curriculum adoption is often treated as a finish line. But...

The Long Haul: What Real Curriculum Implementation Looks Like

If adoption is the starting point, implementation is the journey, and it is longer and more complex than many systems anticipate. It is easy to...

The Support That Stays: How Pohakea Elementary Turned Ongoing Partnership into Classroom Results

When Eryn Muraoka describes her school’s approach to literacy, she doesn’t start with scores. She starts with a young student holding up a book.

Supporting Student Discourse Through Math Instruction

"No offense, Ms. Hopkinson, but I learn better from my friends' thinking than I do from you."

Cognitively Guided Instruction in Action: Elicit, Interpret, and Advance Student Thinking

Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) begins with a simple but powerful belief: students’ thinking matters, and instruction should be designed to...

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