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Asheville City Schools starts strategic-planning sessions to craft local "portrait of a graduate"
Summary
Consultants and board members began a multi-month strategic-planning process to define what every Asheville City Schools graduate should know and be able to do, with public input and a timeline for draft recommendations in April–May.
Consultants working with Asheville City Schools presented the start of a districtwide strategic-planning process on Wednesday, asking the school board to help shape a local “portrait of a graduate” that will guide curriculum and district priorities.
The presentation, led by Julie Kankey of ConnectED, the National Center for College and Career, and facilitated by Dr. Mary Salander, framed the work as a move from measuring content knowledge toward defining the skills students must use with what they know. "The world simply no longer cares how much our kids know. What the world cares about is what they can do with what they know," Kankey told the board.
The board and consultants said the portrait of a graduate will complement state standards and testing by…
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