Areas of Focus 2025-2026

-Science - New Tests, Life Sciences, Grades 5 & 8

-Professional learning and/or support to enhance the knowledge, skills, opportunities, and collaborative strategies to engage and include parents, family, and community members as active partners in children’s education.

-Professional learning and/or support for enhancing educators’ strategies and skills in meeting the needs of diverse learners: those who learn differently from the majority and/or are racially, ethnically, culturally (Multilingual Learners - Nyla, RBERN (Jessica Waterhouse)

-New Standards in World Languages