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Rocketship outlines rotational schedule and supports for English learners and students with disabilities
Summary
At the Rutherford County capacity interview Rocketship described a four-block daily schedule, curriculum adoptions aligned to Tennessee standards, and staffing plans to serve large populations of English learners and students with disabilities.
Rocketship Public Schools told the Rutherford County Schools review panel its elementary model uses four daily instructional blocks—humanities, STEM, learning lab and enrichment—that rotate students through specialized teachers and aim to provide targeted intervention time.
Chief Academic Officer Isir Kaur said students typically receive about 160–180 minutes of literacy (humanities) instruction, roughly 70–90 minutes of math (STEM), 50–90 minutes of learning-lab instruction for high-dosage tutoring or differentiated online work, and about 40 minutes of enrichment. “Our students experience about anywhere between 5 to 7 months of accelerated learning, based off…
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