Literacy and math show up together in every strategic plan. But when you look at five years of PD data across districts nationwide, do the investments match the rhetoric?

KickUp heatmaps surface district-wide patterns instantly — and let you click into any data point to see the context behind it, without ever leaving the platform.

Districts are increasingly recognizing students as essential partners in shaping professional learning. When students share what helps them learn best—whether it's more collaborative work, clearer explanations, or different assessment approaches—they're offering insights that can sharpen how schools invest in teacher development.The challenge isn't whether to listen to students. It's how to respond quickly and precisely when students tell you what they need.

Everyone's talking about AI in education, but it's showing up in just 1% of district PD sessions. We tracked 290,000 professional learning sessions across five years to find out what's actually making it into educators' training—and what isn't.

KickUp Dashboards let you pull coaching, walkthroughs, PD, and evaluation data into a single, customizable view — without leaving the platform or touching a spreadsheet.

Your state just dropped a new mandate—literacy endorsements, trauma-informed training, SEL certification—and now you're racing against a hard deadline to prove every teacher is compliant. There's a better way to track this than the spreadsheet you're about to build.

Dr. Tiffany Anderson, Superintendent of Topeka Public Schools, shares how restructuring central office roles—so leaders teach and work directly in schools—built the trust and credibility that transformed graduation rates from 60% to over 90%. Hear how one district moved from programs that fade to systems that endure.

Most strategic plans fail not because the goals are wrong, but because they're built on assumptions instead of evidence. Here's how to use your professional learning data to build plans that drive real change.

Districts that differentiate professional learning see higher teacher retention and engagement. Learn three actionable strategies you can implement immediately using data you already collect.