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Proposed Fort Worth STEAM Academy pitches middle-school STEAM model with intensive literacy and intervention blocks
Summary
Fort Worth STEAM Academy proposed a one-campus charter serving grades 6'8, opening with 150 sixth graders and scaling to 450 by year five. The team emphasized double-blocked literacy, daily 65-minute individualized intervention time, evidence-based programs for literacy and math, and bilingual and special education supports.
Fort Worth STEAM Academy proposed a grades 6'8 STEAM-focused public charter middle school intended to open with a single sixth-grade cohort of 150 students and grow to 450 students by year five. Proposed superintendent Nicholas Ditto said the school is designed to address what he described as historically low middle-school performance in Central East Fort Worth and to create a pathway into high-school STEM opportunities.
Ditto told the Texas Education Agency panel that the model has three pillars: a joyful culture of high expectations, a STEAM-focused curriculum that offers Algebra I, biology, computer science and engineering coursework, and individualized learning that uses technology plus small-group instruction. "We are committed to building strong partnerships to ensure long term…
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