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Board approves new K-12 history and social studies materials for $7.3 million
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What happened
SFUSD approved InquirEd for elementary history and social studies and McGraw-Hill and Gibbs-Smith materials for high school, with a stated cost of $7,301,824.
Why it matters to families
These are the core instructional materials students and teachers will use across elementary and high school history and social studies after a district evaluation and pilot process that ran from 2022 through 2026.
The evidence
The April 28 action item names the selected publishers, states a $7,301,824 fiscal impact, and recommends Board approval of the instructional-materials adoption.
The source
SFUSD Board of Education Meeting Documents 2026See the full record for San Francisco Unified School District.
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