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Tag Archives: Diversity
Rallying all geniuses…
What better way to spend President’s Day than to remind politicians of the reason for their existence? Today, the kids and I hopped on a PTA sponsored bus to Salem, to partake in a rally to alert our electeds to … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, Diversity, Educational equality, High School, Measure 5, politics, PPS, rally, Salem
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Kill the PPS Transfer Policy!!!
First of all – in the name of full disclosure, my kids take part in an Educational Options program that is only offered in one location, so this post is not intended to adopt a holier-than-thou – attitude. Quite the … Continue reading
Is this why kids aren’t allowed to return to Jeff?
Contained in this link is the absolute best overview of the miserable thing we call the PPS Transfer Policy, I could find. In fact, it is so good, that it – as a few of the subsequent comments suggest – … Continue reading
Jefferson Myth Busters and Other Good News
For those of you who have taken an interest in the January 18th posting on Racial Bias in Portland Public Schools, (and of course for anyone else reading), this post will point out the things that are indeed good at … Continue reading
Three Cheers for Diversity – on Racial Bias in Portland Public Schools
This posting could have been posted yesterday, on Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday. However, much of its contents would have made him turn in his grave, so I opted to respect his memory by waiting until today. For over a … Continue reading
The Creative Flux 