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District to adopt Studies Weekly for elementary social studies; state-funded materials for six years
Summary
An elementary social-studies adoption committee recommended Studies Weekly as the district resource aligned to new South Dakota standards; the state Department of Education is funding the resource for districts for six years. Piloting teachers praised the materials but raised concerns about limited instructional minutes for social studies.
The Rapid City Area School District’s elementary social-studies committee announced adoption of Studies Weekly, a resource aligned to South Dakota’s new social-studies standards, and said the state Department of Education will fund the resource for participating districts for six years.
Katie Farmer, the district’s TLI specialist helping to facilitate the adoption, told the board the state asked Studies Weekly to create a version aligned to South Dakota standards because the state’s standards are unique and no existing publisher materials fully matched them. “At the time of the training session, there were no physical materials available,”…
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