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Hyde Park board adopts HMH 'Into Reading' K–6 curriculum after yearlong review
Summary
The Hyde Park Central School District board voted June 12 to adopt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Into Reading K–6 program after a literacy innovation team, teacher pilots and a teacher vote favored HMH over competitors; the district plans phased implementation, professional learning and initial funding from district reserves.
Hyde Park Central School District board members voted June 12 to adopt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Into Reading K–6 (version 3) program after a district literacy team reviewed vendors, conducted classroom pilots and surveyed teachers.
District leaders said the adoption follows a year of work by a literacy innovation team that used state guidance and a teacher vote to narrow choices. The board approved the adoption on a voice vote during the June 12 meeting.
The adoption matters because New York state recently strengthened reading requirements and districts must show alignment with the science of reading. Kim Bridal, director of math and science for the district, told the board the team used two New York State Education Department documents—PreK–3 instructional best practices and the New York State Council of the Reading report on the science of reading—to build its rubric and decision process.
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