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MPS academic plan focuses on integrated literacy, new assessments; teachers urge timely high-school curriculum adoption
Summary
Milwaukee Public Schools presented a follow-up on the FY26 academic plan that outlines a districtwide literacy strategy built on an "aim" framework and a shift to integrated reading-and-writing instructional blocks, new pacing guides and expanded use of universal screeners and diagnostic tools.
Milwaukee Public Schools presented a follow-up on the FY26 academic plan that outlines a districtwide literacy strategy built on an "aim" framework (align, implement, measure) and a shift to integrated reading-and-writing instructional blocks, new pacing guides and expanded use of universal screeners and diagnostic tools.
Academic leaders described the plan's roots in an external academic audit and said the strategy emphasizes tier 1 instruction, diagnostic follow-up for students identified by screeners, and targeted small-group interventions. Gabriela Veil Jimenez, academic superintendent for literacy, summarized the plan's four levers from the audit'visionary leadership, ambitious instruction, culture of support, and student-centered decision-making'and explained how those were…
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