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RCSD presents new high-school science curricula after district pilots
Summary
Rochester City School District officials presented recommended high-school physics and chemistry curricula — PURE Physics and Activate Learning — after a multi-phase review and small pilot across five schools; board members pressed for details on student preparation and professional development.
The Rochester City School District presented high-school science curriculum recommendations on June 10, proposing PURE Physics for physics and Activate Learning for chemistry following a multi-phase vendor review and classroom pilots.
District leaders said the selection began in summer and fall 2024 with an RFP and then moved through two further review phases that included staff, administrators and students. Officials described a three-month rubric-driven evaluation that narrowed vendors to those meeting phase-1 criteria and resulted in the pilot choices.
Dr. Ramos, who led the presentation, said the district is shifting to the New York State Science Learning Standards’ inquiry-based model, in which students investigate phenomena and teachers act as facilitators. “One of the biggest changes of the next generation standards is that students become the sense makers of everything,” Ramos…
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