Curriculum and Instruction Best Practice Resources

Note: None of the documents represented on this page are meant to represent legal advice or lessen the need for charter school developers or operators to seek legal counsel.

• The 2020 Colorado P-12 Academic Standards will provide you with a guide in determining the elements and concepts to identify in the curriculum you choose for your student(s).

Curriculum and Instruction Resource Links

This list is not meant to be a comprehensive list of curriculum options, nor an endorsement of any of the following programs. It is intended to be a suggested list of curriculum options and resources available to assist parents, community members, and school leaders in finding the appropriate educational program for the children and populations they serve.

Review the 2020 Colorado P-12 Academic Standards above before reviewing resources below. 

• Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Cesar Chavez Day
• Character First! Education
• Colorado Core Knowledge
• Computer Science Model Curricula for Undergraduate Programs
• Computer Science Teachers Association (CS Model Curriculum)
• Colorado Virtual Library
• Core Knowledge Foundation
• Constitution Resources
• Curriculum Services
• Education Week
• Expeditionary Learning Schools Outward Bound
• EZ School Supplies
• Family Academy Model for Education
• Florida Center for Reading Research
• Great Source Education Group
• Harcourt School Publishers
• Holt McDougal
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Liberty Day
• Lindamood-Bell
• Links Learning
• Literacy Connections
• McGraw-Hill Glencoe Publishers
• Michigan Model
• Modern Red Schoolhouse
• Northwest Regional Education Laboratory
• Prentice Hall Publishers
• Reader's Handbook
• Saxon Publishers
• S.O.S Mathematics
• Standards Work
• Success for All
• University of Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts
• Zaner-Bloser Handwriting

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• Education Evolving
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