Board approves McGraw Hill 'Reveal' for K–12 math adoption; staff to begin rollout and coaching

Glendora Unified trustees voted on June 20 to adopt McGraw Hill’s Reveal mathematics materials for K–12, including integrated courses 1–3 at the high school level. The decision followed a multi‑year curriculum review, pilot classroom evaluations and consensus recommendations from an adoption committee.

District math lead Dr. Nahara told the board the committee began its work with a district math vision aligned to California’s 2023 math framework and used rubrics, publisher fair evaluations and a multi‑phase pilot to evaluate programs. The adoption committee’s non‑negotiables included high student engagement, performance tasks, teacher usability, assessment and differentiation supports. Staff said Reveal scored strongly on these criteria and offers built‑in diagnostics, personalized digital learning paths and multi‑tiered intervention supports.

A handful of parents attended the public preview and one speaker at the meeting raised concerns about implementation tradeoffs experienced in other districts using Reveal: training timing, pacing and potential need for supplemental practice. "Some teachers claim the program can require supplemental work because it does not always provide sufficient drilling of core concepts before complex word problems," Mike Barron said. District staff replied that the chosen program balances paper‑and‑pencil work with digital options and that site administrators and teachers, as well as expanded coaching negotiated with the publisher, would support classroom transition.

Trustees approved the adoption by voice vote; staff will proceed to order materials and implement a professional learning plan. Dr. Nahara said the district secured additional coaching hours with the publisher to provide classroom‑level lesson modeling and ongoing support during rollout. K–8 student consumable materials and high school hardbacks were described; staff emphasized there are paper alternatives for assessments and that site and district administrators will access assessment dashboards for earlier intervention work.

What happens next: staff will place orders with McGraw Hill, schedule initial professional development sessions, and roll out coaching supports negotiated as part of adoption. Administrators said they will monitor early implementation and provide updates to the board.