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Madison board approves multiple curriculum units, delays decision on 9th-grade ELA book-club selection
Summary
The Madison Public Schools Board of Education voted to adopt a package of curriculum units but agreed to remove the proposed 9th-grade ELA unit 3 from tonight’s approval and asked district curriculum staff to revisit its representative book-club examples after public discussion about content and transparency.
The Madison Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously on Feb. 11 to adopt a set of new and revised curriculum units, but members agreed to postpone approval of a 9th-grade English language arts (ELA) book-club sample list after concerns were raised about the balance and potential triggering content in the examples provided.
Board members approved the motion, moved by Steven and seconded by Mary Anne, to adopt the listed curriculum units with one change: the packet will include ELA grade 9 unit 2 but the board removed unit 3 from tonight’s vote and directed the curriculum office to review and broaden the representative book-club examples before bringing the unit back. The motion passed unanimously (8–0).
Board members said the decision matters because the ELA unit’s example titles — provided to illustrate possible student book-club options — drew concern from at least one board member who said the highlighted examples appeared narrowly focused on themes of sexual assault, violent crime and…
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