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Flint Hills Learning Center reports new curriculum, steady ESL and citizenship classes
Summary
Presenters at the Emporia Board meeting said a new curriculum and Capturing Kids' Hearts practices have increased student engagement and grades at the Flint Hills Learning Center; adult ESL attendance remains steady and the center now offers citizenship classes in English and Spanish.
Justin Sargent, director of the Flint Hills Learning Center, and teacher Karen Sargent presented program highlights to the Emporia Board of Education.
Sargent said the center adopted a new curriculum this year that staff report has "increased the rigor and increased the student engagement" and led to higher grades; presenters said students responded…
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