Comments on: A challenge for Martín González http://ppsequity.org/2008/09/14/a-challenge-for-martin-gonzalez/ Covering the beat of Portland Public Schools Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Terry http://ppsequity.org/2008/09/14/a-challenge-for-martin-gonzalez/comment-page-1/#comment-10307 Terry Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:09:54 +0000 http://ppsequity.org/?p=148#comment-10307 With a district mandated standardized curriculum, Peter, Portland's schools aren't free to implement progressive instructional strategies. That's why I believe all of Portland's neighborhood schools should be given the latitude of charters to innovate. With a district mandated standardized curriculum, Peter, Portland’s schools aren’t free to implement progressive instructional strategies.

That’s why I believe all of Portland’s neighborhood schools should be given the latitude of charters to innovate.

]]> By: Peter Campbell http://ppsequity.org/2008/09/14/a-challenge-for-martin-gonzalez/comment-page-1/#comment-10171 Peter Campbell Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:32:15 +0000 http://ppsequity.org/?p=148#comment-10171 Agreed that all PPS schools should "learn from charter school applications what’s missing in our neighborhood schools, and advocate for policy to provide these things in neighborhood schools." I attended a meeting at Trillium tonight. There are some truly inspiring approaches to literacy and literacy instruction going on there. I wish more schools in PPS looked at learning to read and write from Trillium's perspective. Agreed that all PPS schools should “learn from charter school applications what’s missing in our neighborhood schools, and advocate for policy to provide these things in neighborhood schools.”

I attended a meeting at Trillium tonight. There are some truly inspiring approaches to literacy and literacy instruction going on there. I wish more schools in PPS looked at learning to read and write from Trillium’s perspective.

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