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  1. Language barriers; the Somali community wants PPS to find a better way to teach its failing youth

    Batula Mohamud can’t tell you her age. On paper she’s 26, but she says she’s most likely younger – probably 22 or 23 years old. She was born in Somalia but was forced to flee the country with her mother and siblings when she was a baby to escape the ongoi ...

    4 Feb 2015 - Emily Green

  2. Empowering minds: Black Parent Initiative confronts the challenges facing black youths and their families

    It’s warm on this summer day in the Southeast Portland art gallery, but local artist Robert Collins stands unfazed — decked out in a slate blue three-piece suit complete with matching fedora. The sun streams through two walls of windows and lands on the o ...

    22 Oct 2014 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot

  3. Our corporate classrooms: Bill Bigelow on the dangers of standardized curriculums and fresh ideas

    Bill Bigelow is an educator and activist who taught social studies in the Portland Public Schools for more than 30 years. Though he has left the classroom as a full-time teacher, he is actively involved in the U.S. educational system through his work with ...

    21 May 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar

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