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Board approves new sixth-grade social studies adoption and classroom atlases from McGraw Hill and Nystrom
Summary
The board approved a six-year purchase of McGraw Hill's Exploring Geography and Global Issues and class sets of Nystrom World Atlases for sixth grade for $124,713.60; social studies teachers led the selection process and requested atlases to ensure equitable print map access.
Nicole Pemberton, the district K'12 social studies curriculum leader, proposed replacing largely teacher-created and out-of-date sixth-grade materials with McGraw Hill's Exploring Geography and Global Issues and a fifth-edition Nystrom World Atlas in classroom sets. Pemberton said teachers'review process considered six publishers and that nine sixth-grade teachers piloted and rated materials against a teacher-developed "top 10" rubric;…
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