July 02, 2022

Madison Metropolitan School District Selects Open Up Resources and Kiddom to Provide K-5 English Language Arts Blended Learning Program

I In support of the district's initiatives to prioritise early literacy and beyond, Open Up Resources and Kiddom recently announced that Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) has chosen its top-rated EL Education K–5 Education Language Arts (ELA) curriculum for its 31 elementary schools.

Kiddom is the first all-in-one education platform for top-notch digital curriculum, and Open Up Resources, a non-profit, works to increase equity in education by making the best curricula available to teachers.

…by moving forward with a high-quality, joyful, engaging curriculum in which students can see themselves and their lived experiences reflected in the rich texts, the Madison Metropolitan School District is meeting this uniquely challenging moment for educators and students alike…

In its press release MMSD says that its investment will provide its teachers the ability to utilise the ELA curriculum to:

- Share assignments digitally;
- Communicate with students, and deliver personalised feedback on submissions;
- Prioritise student reading proficiency and content knowledge of science and social studies;
- Leverage a full-service, multi-year professional learning plan from EL Education to support teachers; and
- Access to peer-to-peer communications within Open Up’s K-5 EL Education digital community.

Cynthia Green, MMSD Associate Superintendent for Teaching and Learning spoke to the press and said, “MMSD is deeply committed to accelerating the achievement of all our scholars. This rigorous curriculum integrates the experiences of our diverse communities in meaningful and innovative ways. We are excited about this unprecedented level of investment in curriculum for our school district - the largest commitment to literacy in over a decade - and for its potential to pay tremendous dividends for our future generations of scholars.”

Adding to what Cynthia Green said, Jessica Reid Sliwerski, CEO of Open Up Resources told the press, “By moving forward with a high-quality, joyful, engaging curriculum in which students can see themselves and their lived experiences reflected in the rich texts, the Madison Metropolitan School District is meeting this uniquely challenging moment for educators and students alike. Uniting a high-quality curriculum with an accessible digital platform will provide teachers and students across the district’s schools with a new framework to eliminate achievement gaps and ensure a brighter future for Wisconsin’s next generation of leaders.”

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