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Brockton School Committee subcommittee approves 9-12 English curriculum adoption after pilot
Summary
After a pilot at Brockton High School and other sites, the curriculum subcommittee approved adoption of a Carnegie-developed 9–12 English curriculum, with district leaders saying professional learning and materials will be phased in and financed through planned budget allocations.
The Brockton Public Schools curriculum subcommittee on Feb. 25 approved a recommendation to adopt a Carnegie-developed 9–12 English (ELA) curriculum following staff presentations and a pilot of the materials.
District leaders said the curriculum—described in the presentation as a “lenses” unit structure from Carnegie—includes anchor texts, translated supports for multilingual learners, consumable student books and an online platform. The subcommittee vote to move the recommendation forward was unanimous; members present recorded the motion and second and approved the adoption for forwarding to the full committee.
Superintendent (name not provided) and curriculum staff members described the program as offering staged supports: an initial guided “first read” with audio in students’ native languages for vocabulary and pronunciation; subsequent sections to build background knowledge about topics such as the civil rights movement; and unit-level tasks that include teacher calibration and scoring. Presenters said the program includes both physical consumables (student books for…
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