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Pickens County board adopts new K–5 i-Ready math curriculum, approves secondary texts
Summary
The Pickens County Board of Trustees approved a comprehensive adoption of new math textbooks March 6, selecting i-Ready for grades K–5 and a mix of Savvas, BW Walsh and Bedford, Freeman & Worth titles for middle and high school courses.
The Pickens County Board of Trustees voted March 6 to adopt a new, districtwide set of math textbooks, approving i-Ready Classroom Mathematics for kindergarten through fifth grade and a package of Savvas, BW Walsh and Bedford, Freeman & Worth titles for middle- and high-school courses.
The adoption follows a state-led review and a local review process: publishers submitted materials to the state, review panels evaluated them last year, and teachers and district instructional coaches completed rubrics and school-level feedback before the board vote. Shannon Sharkey, the district’s curriculum presenter, described the selection as a comprehensive adoption covering K–12 math.
Sharkey told the board the materials were evaluated through a multi-step process: publisher bids, a review panel orientation and presentations in 2024, teacher review teams at school sites,…
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