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Edison board presents "Portrait of a Graduate," outlines new academies and AP courses
Summary
District presenters described an iterative strategic plan focused on six graduate characteristics, an assessment tool co-developed with Newella/Formative, student-driven academies, and proposed AP offerings as part of deeper-learning pathways.
At a January board meeting, presenters rolled out the Edison Township School District's "Portrait of a Graduate," an iterative strategic plan intended to embed six key academic and social-emotional characteristics across curriculum and extracurricular programming. District presenters Rick Cohen (presenter) and Brian McGrath said the effort grew from a year-long action team and extensive student engagement.
The plan's core, Cohen said, is ‘‘to engage all of our students in deeper learning of these characteristics and also for them to become masters of putting all these pieces of the puzzle together so…
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