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Beverly Public Schools directors outline curriculum adoptions and early outcomes
Summary
High‑school curriculum directors described recent multi‑year adoptions in English, math, science and history, outlined teacher‑led piloting and vertical alignment work, and linked the English adoption to improved ELA performance and increased student reading engagement.
Paul Casey, humanities director at Beverly High School, and Jennifer Thomas, STEM director, told the Curriculum, Instruction and Student Life committee on Jan. 14 that the district has pursued multi‑year adoptions and aligned instruction vertically and horizontally to ensure consistent standards across sections and grades.
Casey described the English adoption process as teacher‑driven: committees of teachers piloted candidate texts for a full year, collected student and teacher feedback, presented their findings to content teams and recommended final materials to the school committee for approval. "We have 350 copies of The…
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