Both sides resumed negotiations Sunday afternoon at town hall, a day after the union said "significant progress" was made during 14 hours of talks on Saturday. The state department of labor has also sent a mediator to help with communications between both sides.
Negotiations between Portland Public Schools and Portland Association of Teachers continued Saturday and Sunday, but the two sides had not reached an agreement by Sunday evening.
With affirmative action ending, closing the gap between K12 and higher education might be as important as between students of different races and economic backgrounds.
“It’s official: We are on strike to ensure the district meets our demands so that every Portland student can attend a great public school,” the Portland Association of Teachers said in a Facebook post Tuesday.
"A long, long time ago I heard a superintendent talk and say, 'The problem with communication is 90% of the time people think they communicated, they didn't communicate or they miscommunicated,'" says Sean Maika, who was recently named a Superintendent to Watch by the National School Public Relations Association. "That leads to 90% of your problems."
Educators are working to ensure Wi-Fi and the internet are always available to support every need, every student and every teacher. Automation is a key solution.
