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Everett board advances Open SciEd elementary science adoption to second reading
Summary
After a district review and classroom field tests, the Everett Public Schools elementary science adoption committee unanimously recommended Open SciEd; the board moved the recommendation to a second reading for final approval.
The Everett Public Schools board on May 13 moved a proposed adoption of Open SciEd, a Next Generation Science Standards–aligned curriculum for kindergarten through fifth grade, to second reading after a district review and classroom field tests.
The adoption committee said the recommendation matters because Open SciEd is designed to center students as “scientists and engineers” and to align K–8 instruction across the district, which committee members and field-test teachers said should improve coherence of science learning and access to hands-on instruction.
The committee reviewed 20 candidate programs, narrowed the field to 10 and then two finalists, and…
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