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NYC’s Department of Education quietly launched the NYC Reads Curriculum Finder, a new tool that lets the families, after-school providers, and the public see what students are learning in English language arts classes.

Part of a broader push to ensure students are building on their literacy skills outside of school, officials hope it will help sync after-school programming and at-home learning with classroom curriculums. But the tool is still in an “improvement phase,” and many schools don’t yet have their curriculum information on the site.

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What is your child learning at school? NYC launches new tool to track literacy lessons

NYC’s new curriculum finder tool reveals what students are learning in language arts classes by school and grade level. Officials say it is a work in progress.

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