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Peoria Unified lays out literacy push, new courses and Project Citizen in academic update
Summary
Superintendent and academic staff presented a strategic update Sept. 11 outlining literacy and math strategies, a k–3 early-literacy intervention pilot at three schools, a 7th-grade accelerated math rollout and a new Project Citizen civics program for junior high.
Peoria Unified School District officials presented a broad academic update at the Sept. 11 governing-board meeting that outlined priorities, baseline assessment results and short-term steps the district will take to improve student achievement.
Dr. Carolyn Hernandez, executive director of learning and teaching, anchored the presentation in the district’s strategic framework and said the central goal is to increase core-content proficiency at least 3 percentage points over baseline. Hernandez highlighted several near-term initiatives: an early-literacy interventionist model at Frontier, Coyote Hills and Vistancia elementaries; a district-developed literacy endorsement program for teachers; seventh-grade accelerated math ("7a"); and a new Project Citizen civics…
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