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Putnam County pilots Cambridge 'Global Perspectives' with elementary bridge program
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Putnam County School District is piloting Cambridge’s Global Perspectives in four elementary schools to introduce research, evaluation and global-thinking skills early and to bridge toward the ACE diploma at secondary levels, district staff said on the district podcast The Pulse.
Rick Sernsey, host of the Putnam County School District podcast The Pulse and identified in the audio as the district superintendent, opened an episode about classroom innovations and invited district staff to describe a pilot expansion of Cambridge’s Global Perspectives into elementary grades.
Shelly Rayburn, Acceleration Pathways Coordinator in the Department of Strategic Initiatives, said Global Perspectives is taught at the secondary level and is one of the required ACE diploma exams; the district experimented this year with a pilot to introduce the course frameworks earlier. "We decided that we wanted to bring this opportunity to our…
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