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Paradise Valley board unanimously adopts Imagine Learning Twig for K–8 science

Paradise Valley Unified School District Governing Board · April 10, 2026
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Summary

The Paradise Valley Unified School District governing board unanimously approved adopting Imagine Learning Twig for kindergarten through eighth grade and a mix of open educational resources and traditional publishers for high school science after a committee review and staff presentation addressing implementation, access, and assessment alignment.

The Paradise Valley Unified School District governing board on April 16 approved a recommended science curriculum package that uses Imagine Learning Twig for kindergarten through eighth grade and a combination of open educational resources and traditional publishers for high school courses. Curriculum specialists told the board the committee’s recommendation is based on months of teacher, parent and administrator review.

“Twig has earned an ESSA Tier 3 Promising Evidence rating through a review by Johns Hopkins University,” Krista Perez, elementary STEAM and science curriculum specialist, told the board, citing the research…

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