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Revere schools to pilot DESE Playful Learning program at Paul Revere; district outlines pre-K expansion and McKinley early childhood center plans
Summary
Paul Revere School will join an 18-month Playful Learning Institute cohort after winning a $175,000 DESE grant; district officials described curriculum, staffing, family outreach and a proposed McKinley early childhood center with eight classrooms.
The Revere School Committee heard on March 18 that Paul Revere School will participate in the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Playful Learning Institute after receiving a $175,000 grant to support an 18-month program focused on play-based instruction.
"Play is what children and young people do when they follow their own ideas in their own ways and for their own reasons," Mo Coyle, principal of Paul Revere School, told the committee as she summarized the program's definition and evidence base. She said the grant will support professional learning, coaching and supplies for participating classrooms.
The grant package includes $80,000 in professional development and program evaluation costs selected and bargained by DESE, $20,000 in stipends the school budgeted, and $3,000 to $5,000 per participating classroom for materials, Coyle said. "The grand total of the…
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