Portland Teachers Petition District
Move to common curriculum seen as usurping roles.
Hundreds of teachers in Portland, Ore., have signed a petition opposing the school district’s work to forge a common curriculum in core subjects.
Presented to the seven-member board of education at its Dec. 11 meeting, the petition was signed by 250 of the district’s 2,200 teachers.
It says they “oppose mandated, one-size-fits-all common course sequences” in English and social studies, and want to continue a long-standing practice of having...
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