Is Curriculum Associates a good company to work for?

Curriculum Associates has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 751 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 11% over the last 12 months. 69% of employees would recommend working at Curriculum Associates to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Curriculum Associates have been left by employees working as Associate Account Manager , Professional Development Specialist and Account Manager .

Does Curriculum Associates pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Curriculum Associates employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Curriculum Associates. This rating has decreased by 11% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Curriculum Associates?

69% of Curriculum Associates employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Curriculum Associates 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Curriculum Associates?

Professional Development Specialist (44) , Educational Consultant (23) , Software Engineer (20) , Professional Learning Specialist (18) , Associate Account Manager (17) , Education Consultant (14) , Account Manager (11) , Manager (10) , Pd Specialist (10) , Sales (10) , Partner Success Manager (9) , Editor (7) , Education Technology Fellow (7) , Senior Software Engineer (7) , Associate Partner Success Manager (6)

What are the pros of working at Curriculum Associates according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and PTO." ((in 73 reviews)); "Great people and products!" ((in 63 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 40 reviews)); "Great leadership" ((in 34 reviews)); "Good pay and on time" ((in 27 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Curriculum Associates according to real employee reviews?

"Managers are highly out of touch and allowed to belittle employees with no consequences because it “gets results”." ((in 12 reviews)); "Hard work and long hours at certain times of year." ((in 6 reviews)); "Communication is always difficult in a large organization." ((in 6 reviews)); "Low salary." ((in 4 reviews)); "Some managers play favoritism 7. Lots of micromanaging 8. Discrimination towards gender and race." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Curriculum Associates layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Curriculum Associates layoffs and their outlook for job security at Curriculum Associates in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Curriculum Associates locations?

Billerica , North Billerica , Boston , Tucson , New York , Chicago , Atlanta , Greensboro , Cleveland , San Diego , Austin , Los Angeles , Littleton , Houston , Denver , Philadelphia , Remote , Saint Louis , Brooklyn , Islip , Detroit , Dallas , Columbus , Upland , Sacramento , San Francisco , Seattle , Jacksonville , Tampa , Columbia

Curriculum Associates reviews

3.9

69% would recommend to a friend

(681 total reviews)

Kelly Sia

67% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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Curriculum Associates has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 681 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Curriculum Associates employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

681 reviews

4.0

Mar 7, 2025

Great Company, but LOTS of travel

Professional learning specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Company only hires a low % of who they interview, so you're truly working with amazing people who are dedicated and good at their jobs. 2. If you enjoyed using data to plan instruction/small groups/measure growth, as well as helping other teachers do the same, you'll enjoy being a PD specialist! 3. In the 2.5 years I've been with the company, I've actually seen them listen to feedback and make changes, both on the customer facing side as well as us employees. Pretty rare for a corporate setting.

Cons

1. In this specific role, you travel constantly. The operations team tells you where to go and you go there. You could be in one state on Monday, another state over on Tuesday (or for my Cali folks, Bakersfield on a Monday, Ukiah on a Tuesday).

3.0

Mar 1, 2025

It’s almost Perfect

Account development

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

CA has an amazing culture that has all but disappeared at most other companies. The leadership team listens and makes sure that we all feel heard and included.

Cons

The biggest con I’ve seen is the pay disparity in the sales role. The ADS (account development specialist) role is in fact an inside sales rep role on steroids. The ADS team is responsible for giving sales demonstrations, creating quotes, engaging the clients, new and existing and much, much more. However this team does not have a fair compensation plan. This team should have a commission plan that’s rooted on the sales they close. Instead the plan is convoluted and unclear. The base pay, plus the current commission structure leaves this team just barely above the poverty line, with no way to influence the commission payout. Everyone is struggling to make ends meet. It’s difficult to watch such a successful company continue to receive accolades for its accomplishments and the extraordinary ADS team members see so little of the monetary rewards. Many on the team rely on leftover team lunches just to provide dinner for their families. This is the hard reality of what this pay structure looks like.

5.0

Feb 21, 2025

Best place to work in education

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Super mission driven, thoughtful, bright people working hard to do right by kids and run a good business

Cons

the rapid scale has resulted in some internal processes and systems being a bit under optimized

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