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Portland School Board approves budget for 2013-14 school year - OregonLive.com
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grant-high-school-portland-public-schools.JPG View full sizeHigh school staffing got a bigger boost in the version of the budget for the 2012-13 school year approved by the Portland School Board on Monday night. The district shifted positions to the ...
PPS board takes up adoption of reworked budget - Portland TribunePortland Tribune
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It's Not Powerball, But Portland Schools' Lottery Can Be A Long Shot - OPB News
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The odds can be as bad as one-in-ten to transfer into high-demand Portland Public Schools according to this year's lottery results. These schools were too crowded to allow any transfer students in. . These schools were too crowded to allow ...
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Targeting Portland teachers - Socialist Worker Online
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Socialist Worker Online
JUST MONTHS after angry parents, students, and teachers forced Portland Public Schools (PPS) officials to back down from closing several neighborhood schools, PPS has found a new target: teachers. Negotiations between the school district and Portland ...
Portland Public Schools to develop affirmative action plan - OregonLive.com
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Portland Public Schools is developing an affirmative action plan to help the district hire and recruit more teachers and administrators of color. District officials briefly discussed an affirmative action policy on Monday, which would direct ...
Portland Public Schools To Close High School GapsOPB News
Portland leaders call out LePage, state government as local school budget vote ...Bangor Daily News
Hales Offers Deal to Schools over Challenged Arts Tax CashThe Portland Mercury (blog)
Willamette Week -Portland Daily Sun
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Portland Public Schools to use $1.5 million in reserves if arts tax is struck down - OregonLive.com
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pioneer-program-art.JPG View full sizePortland's Pioneer Program fourth grader Zach Ilcox adds some detailed touches to his mosaic art project. Portland Public Schools will use about $1.5 million from its reserves to match funds coming from the city.
Two schools, two miles apart, far different grades - Press Herald
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Press Herald
"In the Portland Public Schools, we do not assess a student's year-long performance based on a single test, as we know it is not an accurate reflection of learning," he said. "Similarly, we do not judge the quality of our schools on a single measure ...
Portland leaders call out LePage, state government as local school budget vote ...Bangor Daily News
Residents urged to pass school budget - Portland Daily SunPortland Daily Sun
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Portland leaders call out LePage, state government as local school budget vote ... - Bangor Daily News
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PORTLAND, Maine — Mayor Michael Brennan and Portland Public Schools Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk had strong words for Gov. Paul LePage on Monday morning as they called for city voters to back their proposed school budget at the polls Tuesday ...
Superintendent's Notebook: Portland schools encourage students to commute ... - The Forecaster
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The Forecaster
Portland Public Schools Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk writes this column monthly. He can be reached at superintendent@portlandschools.org. Read his blog at blogs.portlandschools.org/superintendent/. I began my day by biking to the Portland Regional ...
Portland Public Schools To Close High School Gaps - Daily Astorian
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Portland Public Schools plan to close high school scheduling gaps, under a budget proposal released Friday. The high school schedule gaps have two causes: a limited budget to hire teachers, and a labor ruling limiting student-loads for teachers ...
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Portland Public Schools To Close High School Gaps - OPB News
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Portland Public Schools plan to close high school scheduling gaps, under a budget proposal released Friday. The high school schedule gaps have two causes: a limited budget to hire teachers, and a labor ruling limiting student-loads for teachers ...
Portland Public Schools moves to lift cap on high school classes, but without ... - OregonLive.com
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Portland Public Schools plans to lift restrictions on the number of classes high school students may take, despite lacking an agreement with the Portland Association of Teachers on an issue the district and union have argued before an arbitrator. The ...
Smith rethinks high school schedule -- again - Portland TribunePortland Tribune
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Portland Public Schools Superintendent Has Change of Heart - KXL.com - 750 KXL
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Parents spoke out against PPS Superintendent Carole Smith's $466 million budget proposal last week. Along with students they demanded an end to what they called "part-time students". That's the name they've given to high school students who are forced ...
Portland Public Schools adds more high school teachers to budget proposal ... - OregonLive.com
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bensonstudyhalljpg-8cf58d852af1c801.jpg View full sizeBenson High student Alainya Cordero in 2011 worked on geometry homework during her 90-minute morning study hall. Parents want to address the high school schedule that allows mandatory study ...
District proposal would add more staff to Portland high schoolsKATU
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