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 Elephant in the Roomthat Should Unsettle Us |  PPU Advisory BoardTeachers Advisory Board |  Our KidsVerses the School System |
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 PPU Rallies/DSCat school board meeting |  Data With SoulFamilies Telling Their Stories |  Parent non-InvolvementPerspective Why I’m not involved: Parental involvement from a parent’s perspective |
 Teacher/Student Relationshipsa plan called Positive Students.. |  Girls For Gender EquityOur partners fighting for their freedom to be trans |  Dignity In SchoolsOur Partners (DSC) members from 15 states convened our Partners all over the country.... |
 InequalityAt School |  School Prison PipelineBlack students and the school-to-prison pipeline |  Teaching ‘Grit’ is Badfor children and bad for democracy. Grit: courage and resolve; strength of character. "he displayed the true grit of the navy pilot" synonyms: courage, bravery, pluck, mettle, backbone, spirit, strength of character, strength of will, moral fiber, steel, nerve, fortitude, toughness, hardiness, resolve, resolution, determination, tenacity, perseverance, endurance; informalguts, spunk "just the grit we're looking for in a candidate" |
 Soft Skills Is Not The ReasonRubbish! Soft skill training is disguised bootstrapping, which insidiously blames youth for failing in racist systems designed to block their success |  Race Boot CampLoving Up Movement |  Portland Public Schools BoardSIGN UP FOR Board Testimony |
 Education Newswhat's going on in Oregon |  Equity TrainingTraining CFEE |  Baseline Essays Exampleof Cultural Teaching. Oregon is Now the Only State to Have Required Ethnic Studies Curriculum for K-12 Students Governor Kate Brown signed the ethnic studies legislation July 1, 2017 |
 Partners for Each and Every ChildEssa Toollkit |  Legislature Ore.Oversight Bills we are watch dogging and bills we are writing |  DSC@US DOJ#CounselorsNotCops policy platform |
 Who Are We DSCDSC Dignity in Schools Coordinating Committee |  Connecting FamiliesSchools and Communities |  Faubion is our 2ndRosa Parks First Coalition for Community Schools. PPU is pushing for CC's |
 An open letter toBlack Parents whose small children have been pushed out of school! |  OEA RelationshipHuman Rights Award |  Every Child Deservesa champion, an adult that won't give up on them |
 Family EngagementUsing Appleseeds parent engagement plans |  Community Organizingand family issisues |  PPU Videosfrom Portland Parent Union You tube Playlist |
 PPU Newest CampaignCounselor's Not Cops |  Is This WorkingStories of schools struggling with what to do with misbehaving kids. There's no general agreement about what teachers should do to discipline kids. And there's evidence that some of the most popular punishments actually may harm kids. |  Watching Black BoysBias Isn't Just A Police Problem, It's A Preschool Problem. A new study out of Yale found that pre-K teachers, white and black alike, spend more time watching black boys, expecting trouble. LA Johnson/NPR |
 Parent Power BootcampESSA Toolkit |  An ExerciseIs PPS system working any better than the NYC system? |  Teaching TolerenceFor some K–12 students—particularly students of color—classrooms are not places for learning but places that push them out of school and into the criminal justice system. The cover story of the Spring 2013 issue examines how educators can recognize and dismantle policies and practices that favor incarceration over education. A related feature story explains how classroom teachers’ daily decisions can divert students from the school-to-prison pipeline. |
 Opportunity mapping a research toolused to understand the dynamics of “opportunity” within metropolitan areas. The purpose of opportunity mapping is to illustrate where opportunity rich communities exist (and assess who has access to these communities) and to understand what needs to be remedied in opportunity poor communities. |  Chipping Away atImplicit Bias |  Report Card ProjectPPU's Experience Story "Getting It Off Our Chest" |
 Developing PersonalQualities are not measure by tests |  M.O.U. |
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We are making important steps so that we, amongst the rest of the Family communities, can go forth to do the work that we are called to do. Every family of the educational system has a right to be heard and the children have a right to a great education.
We are created in the divine likeness of those who came to demand before us. We live a struggle that we know to well but are creating/demanding safe spaces for us to be heard. This is what will sustain us.
We write of mental and physical oppression that attempts to keep our children bound to that educational slavery (testing, exclusion, labeling, profiling, privilege). Even though our Families have been indoctrinated with the belief that they are inferior, we will be courageous enough to know that families will evolve into the strong advocates who are respected and listened to as well as looked at as the true leaders.
Our educational oppression is a timeless message that tells of the struggle of our marginalized families and how every day we push our children to rise above the education system's expectations. We must see and name the process of knowing and connecting to the "RESTORATIVE PARADIGM SHIFT" message as our Families' capital.
We are dedicated to the growth and maturity of our Families/Students and carry an inner courage to conquer the trials we come across.
When asked for a word to describe the capital of our Families, we call it "RPS unified collaborative" capital. Ours is a community built on the strength drawn from the love of our Children.
If you have come to help me, you are waisting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us walk together…”
--- Lila Watson, Australian Aboriginal woman "Aboriginal activists group, Queensland, 1970s.
Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts. Marian Wright Edelman
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Our Mission is to organize Parents for better outcomes by enriching them through support, information and education. We are dedicated to parents: to involve their families, to anticipate their challenges and help them to take advantage of opportunities to guarantee a successful student. We are dedicated to the Parent's development of leadership skills, knowledge and responsibility.
ORGANIZING PARENTS FOR BETTER OUTCOMES
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PARENT UNION
