Student Engagement in Scripted Curriculums vs. Student Choice Contexts

Some districts engage students with a severely limited classroom experience using scripted curriculums, while others engage students with curriculums that allow for broad student choice.  Panelists will discuss their experience on this student engagement continuum.  Where do their districts fall?  What successes and challenges have they experienced?  How have they worked around the challenges and capitalized on the successes?

Panelists

• John Barrett, Pleasant Plains Middle School
• John Hartzmark, MacArthur High School
• Cindi Koudelka, Fieldcrest Community School District, Aurora University
• Nicole Boudreau Smith, Adlai E. Stevenson High School
• Julie Hoffman, Springfield Public Schools & University of Illinois at Springfield