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Board approves 30-day public display for new middle-school math and science textbooks
Summary
Following a pilot year, district staff recommended McGraw Hill math materials and TCI science materials for sixth through eighth grades; the board approved placing the textbooks on public display and will vote on final adoption at the next meeting.
District curriculum staff presented recommendations to place proposed middle-school math and science textbooks on 30-day public display as the next step toward adoption.
For math, staff recommended a McGraw Hill program for middle school Course 1'3 (equivalent to sixth, seventh and eighth grades), citing deeper problem-solving tasks and guided practice that staff said better support diverse learners. "They did like the deeper knowledge and learning, specifically the challenging word problems that really mirrored what…
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