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Board adopts new Chinese curriculum and StudySync for targeted English instruction
Summary
Trustees approved 'Go Far with Chinese' for Benicia High’s Mandarin course and StudySync by McGraw Hill for special-education and intensive-academics ELA programs, citing alignment to standards and scaffolds that allow differentiated access.
The Benicia Unified School District Board of Trustees on May 29 approved two curriculum adoptions: Go Far with Chinese for Benicia High School’s Level 1 Chinese-Mandarin course, and StudySync (McGraw Hill) for the district’s Program for Emotional Regulation and Learning (PERL) and Intensive Academics (IA) ELA programs at the middle and high school levels.
Stephanie Rice, the district’s director of education services, presented the Chinese recommendation and said…
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