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Dayton Public Schools outlines 2025 course of study, expands career-technical offerings
Summary
District leaders presented a streamlined 2025 course of study that emphasizes College Credit Plus and AP expansion, removes honors in ELA and math, adds in-school reading and algebra labs, and announces new and expanded career-technical (CTE) programs at several high schools.
Keisha Sheehy, the district’s chief academic officer, and Erin Dooley, chief of college and career readiness, presented Dayton Public Schools’ 2025 course-of-study changes at the Feb. 18 board meeting, saying the updates aim to raise postsecondary readiness and increase course rigor.
The district will emphasize Advanced Placement and College Credit Plus offerings and eliminate honors courses in English language arts and math in order to reduce duplication and improve alignment, Sheehy said. “The AP track and the honors track…hadn’t much difference,” Sheehy said, explaining the district wants standardized, postsecondary-aligned content.
The change follows a curriculum audit by ABL Integrated Insights that identified “low course intensity” in classes predictive of postsecondary success. As part of implementation, the district plans in-day reading labs and algebra labs at high schools, reading labs in middle schools, and expanded multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) interventions to help students access advanced courses and improve GPAs.
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