Teaching the history of inequality and injustice in America and having students âreally engage with the lived experience of people who arenât white, who arenât male, who arenât straightâ are essential, said Karine Schaeffer, Scarsdale High Schoolâs English department chair, describing the thinking behind the selection of texts and literature being taught by the SHS English department.
Schaeffer was one of several teachers and students who joined Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Edgar McIntosh during the virtual school board meeting Dec. 21 to present details of the districtâs ongoing efforts to build a more âculturally responsiveâ curriculum.
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The Montessori Turtle Class is busy at work at the Early Learning Center. Baldwin County is one of only five school systems in the state to offer a public Montessori option, and is the only county that has it at the Head Start level. Soon, the program will expand to the upper elementary grades. editor s pick featured
WOBURN - In a recent setback to the crusade of fellow member Andrew Lipsett, the School Committee firmly refused to sanction a proposed MCAS resolution that calls upon state officials to suspend the use of the exam for three years.
During their latest remote gathering, the School Commitee in a 6-to-1 vote opposed adoption of a declaration that would urge the Mass. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to institute the following MCAS regulation changes:
⢠Eliminate the planned administration of the testing for the current year in light of the extreme challenges posed by COVID-19;
⢠Hold all high school upperclassmen harmless from the state s MCAS graduation competency mandate, which requires high schoolers to pass three 10th grade exams to obtain a diploma;
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