Pearson Launches K-5 Instructional System at FETC

T.H.E. Journal

By Tim Sohn

01/30/13

At the FETC 2013 conference Wednesday, Pearson released a new instructional system of services, tools, and curriculum for K-5. Forward, available now, was developed in collaboration with Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools.

Forward, which is aligned with Common Core State Standards, is intended to develop students into “well rounded” individuals. Instruction integrates academic success, creativity, and critical thinking skills into the subjects of reading, writing, mathematics, and social studies. It uses the concepts introduced in Montgomery County Public Schools’ Curriculum 2.0 program and makes connections across subject areas.

Joshua Starr, Montgomery’s superintendent, described the program in a letter to parents: “Curriculum 2.0 is based on a strong body of research and is designed to provide a well-rounded education for students, while also developing the critical and creative thinking skills that are so important for success in academics and in life. In mathematics, reading, and writing, the curriculum is based on the Common Core State Standards, the new internationally driven standards adopted by Maryland and 45 other states. At the same time, Curriculum 2.0 allows for more instructional focus on the arts, information literacy, science, social studies, and physical education- areas that have been crowded out at times during the past decade.”

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