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Chicago schools showcase "curiosity classrooms" for youngest learners
Summary
At its Dec. 18 meeting, the Chicago Board of Education recognized new "curiosity classrooms" — hands‑on early‑childhood spaces created in partnership with the Chicago Children’s Museum and philanthropic funders — and heard plans to expand the model to additional schools next year.
Chicago Public Schools on Thursday highlighted 25 "curiosity classrooms" that give pre‑K through second‑grade students hands‑on opportunities in science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
Chiefs from the Office of Early Childhood and the Office of Teaching and Learning framed the classrooms as an equity investment aimed at communities that have experienced historic disinvestment. "Our curiosity classrooms provide a welcoming, flexible space where students have the opportunity to wonder, to observe, to…
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