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District update: middle-school tech, STEM Academy, Innovation Pathways and AP computer science participation
Summary
District staff updated the committee on middle‑school technology curriculum, the STEM Academy and the newly adopted Massachusetts Innovation Pathways plan, and reported strong AP computer science participation.
District staff delivered a broad update May 15 on middle-school technology, the STEM Academy, the new Innovation Pathways work at the high school and high-school technology offerings.
Presenters described the first full year of eighth-grade technology in the new middle school, noting the building’s equipment and flexible space and outlining curriculum rewrites that more intentionally introduce manufacturing tools and standards. The middle-school sequence was described as using block-based programming in sixth grade, more advanced…
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