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Brainerd board adopts new 9–12 ELA curriculum and one-year CommonLit package
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The Brainerd School Board approved a new 9–12 English language arts curriculum and a one-year paid CommonLit access including assessments and professional development, at a cost the presenters said would be about $6,500 for one year.
The Brainerd School Board on Tuesday approved a new 9–12 English language arts curriculum and a one-year paid subscription to CommonLit, a web-based instructional resource the district will pilot for assessment and professional development.
Curriculum presenters said the work was intended to align instruction with the Minnesota ELA 2020 standards and to increase student choice, discussion-based learning and inclusion of multiple perspectives. "Our vision of the high school English department is to create critical thinkers," said Carla Shepherd Johnson, a Brainerd High School…
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