PPS Equity is a new media publication focussed on equity of opportunity for all students in Portland Public Schools. Join the conversation at: http://ppsequity.org/
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- February, 2008
PPS Equity What do you think? Is PPS trying to force a strike, so they get their five day furlough and teachers get the blame?
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Equity for all students in Portland Public Schools. News, analysis, commentary and discussion.
PPS Equity Kenneth Libby on the Great Schools conference and Portland's connection to the "philanthocapitalists"
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PPS Equity The PPS Equity Manifesto: five bullet points to a more just, equitable and excellent school district. Your feedback encouraged on this living, evolving document.
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Equity for all students in Portland Public Schools. News, analysis, commentary and discussion.
PPS Equity Go figure... PPS defunds the music program at Jefferson several years back, and now comes a "hip hop high" charter proposal eyeing the vacant music wing. Why won't PPS provide comprehensive secondary education in N Portland?
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Equity for all students in Portland Public Schools. News, analysis, commentary and discussion.
PPS Equity Rally with/for teachers on Monday, followed by a march to the school board meeting, where president Rebecca Levision will speak.
Source: www.patpdx.org
We will meet at 6:00pm @ Rose Quarter Parking Lot - "Benton Surface Lot"The lot is on Broadway and Benton St. next to Memorial Coliseum.
Diane Trepiccione Dean
My big complaint right now besides working without a contract is the new Nutrition Services decision of no longer giving a carton of juice at lunchtime to students who are allergic to milk. Instead they will get an extra piece of fruit. Hell, there is usually two frueit choices on the salad bar. I don't think this is t...reating kids with allergies fairly. Why can't they provide soymilk, ricemilk, or another nutritious alternative drink?Read More
PPS Equity Ever wonder why Oregon struggles to fund basic services? The OEA has a concise history of taxation in our state.
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Equity for all students in Portland Public Schools. News, analysis, commentary and discussion.
PPS Equity While teachers approach 500 days without a contract, senior PPS administrators spent last week downtown at the Hilton schmoozing the likes of Vicki Philips. Her message: Merit pay -- oops -- I mean, pay for performance!
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Equity for all students in Portland Public Schools. News, analysis, commentary and discussion.
PPS Equity Our weekly podcast features brief (but powerful) excerpts from Friday's City Club address by Marcus Mundy and Charles Hopson.
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Charles Hopson at Portland City Club (at about 14:39): " It is civil rights violation of the
worst kind in the city of Portland when based on race and zipcode
roughly 85% of white students have access to opportunity in rigorous college prep
programs, curriculum and resources compared to 27% of black students.
We are a better state than this. We are city than this."
Source: wweek.com
Portland Public Schools sells assets for pennies on the dollar; teachers cry foul.
PPS Equity Still no movement on teacher contract negotiations, well into a second year without a contract. Our teachers deserve respect for being highly trained professionals in a technical field.
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Equity for all students in Portland Public Schools. News, analysis, commentary and discussion.
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Woodmere Elementary School in southeast Portland will begin charging
parents late fees when they pick up their kids more than ten minutes
after the final bell. For every each ten minute block after the first
ten, parents will be charged $5, the equivalent of $30 an hour.
Woodmere students are 57 percent non-white. Eighty p...ercent qualify
for free or reduced lunch, and 34 percent are English Language
Learners. Fox 12 reports that the district will study the program and
consider implementing it at other schools.Read More
parents late fees when they pick up their kids more than ten minutes
after the final bell. For every each ten minute block after the first
ten, parents will be charged $5, the equivalent of $30 an hour.
Woodmere students are 57 percent non-white. Eighty p...ercent qualify
for free or reduced lunch, and 34 percent are English Language
Learners. Fox 12 reports that the district will study the program and
consider implementing it at other schools.Read More
Source: www.kptv.com
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A southeast Portland school says parents must pay a "child care fee" if they're late to pick up their child. Friday, October 23, 2009.
