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Norwalk details literacy vision, new high‑school ELA material and AI planning
Summary
District curriculum leaders described a district literacy vision that led to a PreK–5 revamp, pilots of new science and math visions, adoption of new high‑school ELA materials (Odell) after classroom pilots, and early work on age‑appropriate policies for using artificial‑intelligence tools in the classroom.
Mr. Pennington, representing the district curriculum team, summarized a multi‑year cycle of curriculum review and the district’s literacy vision that guided recent updates.
"We developed last year a literacy vision and that literacy vision really grounded a lot of our work," Pennington said, noting a complete revamp of PreK–5 ELA resources this year and continued professional learning for teachers.
Pennington described middle‑ and high‑school material changes: the district piloted…
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