CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville City Schools has prepared recommendations for new math curricula, specific to three grade levels, following 10 months of research, review and input from educators and families.

The Charlottesville School Board will be presented with those recommendations at its meeting Thursday, according to a release from CCS, and could vote on a decision at its February meeting.

The public can review and respond to the recommendations, which will cost an estimated $490,000 over five years, which will be covered by the division’s textbook fund, during the month of January.

“We are excited to make these recommendations,” Dr. Anna Isley, Chief Academic Officer said in a statement. “Our committee members and staff have made a thorough review of materials to identify what will serve our students best. These materials are strongly aligned with the state’s learning standards, and they have also gotten very positive feedback both from our own educators as well as from schools that have already begun using these curricula.”

In response to the state Board of Education approving new instructional math materials in March 2025, a CCS committee – including staff and family members – studied the new state curriculum options and reviewed materials. Vendors made presentations to teachers, according to the release.

CCS ultimately selected Bridges, “a highly visual, hands-on” choice, for early elementary students in kindergarten through third grade, per the release.

For upper elementary students in grades four and five, CCS chose STEMscopes, for its “real-world scenarios that explicitly support advanced mathematical reasoning and problem solving,” per the release.

Following a pilot program at Charlottesville Middle School, Mathspace was selected for its “versatility and its alignment with Virginia’s more rigorous 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning.”

The public can review materials related to these recommendations in person at the Division Office Annex at Charlottesville High School, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., or online.

Bridges:

STEMscopes:

Mathspace: