Gravity Goldberg

What Gravity Goldberg does

Gravity Goldberg LLC is a privately-held literacy consulting and professional development firm founded in 2015 and domiciled in the United States, operating primarily in the Northeast US region. The company is led by founder Dr. Gravity Goldberg and serves K-12 educators, reading specialists, literacy coaches, and school districts seeking support in literacy instruction, writing workshop implementation, conferring techniques, and student-centered learning approaches. Its core deliverable is in-person and virtual professional development workshops and coaching engagements delivered directly to schools and districts, with a content-led go-to-market anchored by an extensive blog, multiple podcast appearances (Teacher to Teacher, TRUTH for Teachers, Words Images & Worlds), and social channels on Facebook and Twitter.

The firm's revenue is generated from three streams: professional development services (workshops, coaching, and consulting), book royalties from titles published through major education publishers — notably 'Feedback That Moves Writers Forward' by Patty McGee via Corwin (2017) and 'Read Alouds with Heart' co-authored by Dana Clark, Jigisha Vyas, and Keisha Smith-Carrinton via Scholastic — and subscription-style distance learning offerings for remote and hybrid environments. Distribution relies on direct engagement with schools and districts, the TMI Education channel partnership for workshop delivery, and publisher-led book distribution. No proprietary technology products are described, and no AI capabilities are evidenced; the company's competitive basis is human-expert consulting IP and educator-community thought leadership rather than technology.

Name

Gravity Goldberg

Legal name

Gravity Goldberg LLC

Website

https://drgravitygoldberg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gravity Goldberg LLC is a privately-held K-12 literacy consulting firm founded in 2015 that delivers professional development workshops, coaching, published books, and distance learning to educators and school districts, primarily in the Northeast US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nyack

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Development Services: The company offers professional development workshops, coaching, and consulting services to schools and educators in the field of literacy instruction, writing workshop, and instructional coaching.
2. Book Sales: Gravity Goldberg LLC publishes professional books for educators, including titles like 'Feedback That Moves Writers Forward' by Patty McGee (published by Corwin) and 'Read Alouds with Heart' (co-authored by Dana Clark with Jigisha Vyas and Keisha Smith-Carrinton, published by Scholastic).
3. Distance Learning Offerings: The company provides distance learning programs and resources for educators, particularly relevant for remote and hybrid learning environments.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gravity Goldberg LLC is a literacy consulting firm that provides professional development workshops, instructional coaching, and consulting services to K-12 schools and districts, with a focus on writing workshop, conferring, feedback, reading instruction, and student-centered balanced literacy approaches. The firm also publishes educator-facing books and offers distance learning programs for remote and hybrid professional development.

Product overview

Gravity Goldberg LLC is an education consulting company founded by Dr. Gravity Goldberg, offering literacy-focused professional development, coaching, and instructional resources for educators. The company's offerings include workshops, distance learning programs, authored books (Feedback That Moves Writers Forward and Read Alouds with Heart), and podcasts (Teacher to Teacher Podcast and Words, Images, & Worlds Podcast). Content and resources are shared through an extensive blog covering literacy instruction, student engagement, and teaching practices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Professional Development & Consulting Services Workshops, instructional coaching, and consulting services for K-12 educators focused on writing workshop, conferring, reading instruction, balanced literacy, and strength-based feedback.
• Distance Learning Asynchronous online professional development programs and resources for educators supporting virtual and hybrid instructional environments.
• Feedback That Moves Writers Forward Professional book by Patty McGee, published by Corwin, that reframes writing feedback from corrective grading into strength-based coaching conversations that develop young writers.
• Read Alouds with Heart: Literacy Lessons That Build Community, Comprehension, and Cultural Competency Professional book co-authored by Dana Clark, Jigisha Vyas, and Keisha Smith-Carrinton, published by Scholastic, providing frameworks for using picture books to build critical thought, reflection, empathy, and cultural competency in K-2 classrooms.

Quantifiable outcome

• Students show improved engagement and ownership in reading and writing when book clubs incorporate student choice in book selection and discussion topics

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TMI EducationcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGravity Goldberg LLC partners with TMI Education to deliver professional development workshops to educators. TMI Education serves as a distribution channel for Gravity Goldberg's workshop offerings, listing upcoming sessions on their platform.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Teachers College Reading and Writing Project: Founded by Lucy Calkins at Columbia's Teachers College, TCRWP is the dominant provider of balanced literacy and writing workshop professional development for K-12 educators — the same instructional philosophy and workshop model that Gravity Goldberg builds its offerings around. Both serve school districts with on-site PD, coaching, and published curricula.
• BetterLesson: A professional development platform for K-12 educators that pairs teachers with coaches for virtual PD, with a similar workshop/coaching/subscription structure but at greater scale and with proprietary technology. Directly comparable as a competing source of literacy and general PD for districts.
• Choice Literacy: Literacy PD membership site and publisher serving K-12 teachers and coaches with reading and writing workshop resources, including paid memberships and print publications. Directly comparable as a subscription/content-plus-PD literacy offering targeting the same teacher persona.
• Jennifer Serravallo: Independent literacy consultant and bestselling author (e.g., 'The Reading Strategies Book') serving K-12 teachers through books, PD workshops, and online resources. Highly comparable to Gravity Goldberg as a solo-to-small specialist consultant monetizing literacy expertise through publisher relationships and district workshops.
• Penny Kittle: Literacy consultant and author of teacher-facing titles on reading and writing workshop, delivering PD workshops and keynotes to districts and conferences. Comparable to Gravity Goldberg in operating model — independent consultant, published author, workshop-driven GTM in the same balanced literacy niche.
• Two Writing Teachers: A literacy-focused PD and content community built around the writing workshop model, offering workshops, online resources, and books for writing teachers. Directly comparable to Gravity Goldberg's workshop-plus-blog-plus-publishing motion in the same niche.

Others

• Learning Forward: National professional association for K-12 professional learning that sets standards, runs conferences, and connects districts with PD providers. Comparable as part of the same professional ecosystem in which Gravity Goldberg competes for district PD budgets, rather than a direct product competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Scholastic Education: Major K-12 publisher and PD provider that publishes Gravity Goldberg's 'Read Alouds with Heart' and offers its own literacy programs (e.g., Literacy Pro, classroom magazines). Comparable as a publishing partner and as a broader literacy PD competitor serving the same district customers.
• Corwin (Sage Publishing): Education publisher and PD provider that already publishes Gravity Goldberg's titles and runs its own extensive PD and consulting portfolio across literacy, leadership, and equity. Comparable as both a publishing partner and a broad incumbent that could absorb or compete with specialist literacy PD providers.
• Heinemann: A long-established publisher and PD provider in K-12 literacy with deep workshop and consulting offerings (including Fountas & Pinnell, Calkins, and others). Comparable to Gravity Goldberg's combined publishing-plus-PD motion, but operating at substantially greater scale and breadth across the literacy category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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