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Teachers say curriculum roll-out sidelined their input and stretched classrooms
Summary
Teachers at the event said a recent adoption of a 'canned' curriculum was decided without sufficient teacher coalitions and that the district spent "a half a million dollars" on it; union and parent voices said teachers deserve leadership and respect.
Multiple teachers and school staff at the Bridgeport gathering raised concerns about curriculum decisions and teacher voice.
"There wasn't a whole lot of coalition building around this curriculum before just deciding to spend a half a million dollars on it and expect the teachers to implement it," one teacher said, describing frustration with…
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