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Board hears recommendations for new social‑studies, economics and arts materials; action deferred to allow additional review
Summary
Task‑force teachers recommended new middle‑school social studies, McGraw‑Hill economics for high school, measures‑of‑success for band/orchestra and Digital Theatre Plus. Board asked staff to correct posting links, consider additional vendor materials (per board request), and deferred a final adoption vote to the next action meeting to give teachers more review time.
District 11 curriculum staff and teacher task forces presented recommended adoptions on April 1 for middle‑school social studies, a high‑school economics sequence, updated band and orchestra materials (Measures of Success), and a Digital Theatre Plus adoption for theatre. Each recommendation followed a rubric‑based review and multi‑stakeholder task‑force process that included classroom pilots, vendor presentations and teacher scoring.
Presenters described strengths including alignment to Colorado academic standards, a mix of digital and physical materials, embedded formative tools, and built‑in…
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