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Abington Heights curriculum committee outlines new social studies sequence, PBIS review and AI policy follow-up
Summary
The district’s curriculum committee described a new comprehensive K–6 social studies plan, changes to where civics is taught, planned PBIS climate surveys with the intermediate unit, caregiver workshops and a follow-up review of AI use and academic-integrity policy.
The Abington Heights School District curriculum committee reported a set of curriculum and climate changes that the board heard at its May 21 meeting, including a new K–6 social studies plan, adjustments to when civics is taught, expanded PBIS reviews, and further study of how artificial intelligence is used in classrooms.
Committee chair Missus Henderson summarized four agenda items from the May 7 curriculum committee meeting. The committee reviewed a new comprehensive social studies curriculum written this year. Henderson said the district does not teach social studies as a standalone subject in kindergarten through sixth grade; the new materials are designed as supplemental…
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