The document discusses demographic shifts in Portland, highlighting that it is the third whitest city in the U.S. while one in three children are kids of color and many districts face ESL challenges. Additionally, it addresses access to education funding, the mismatch between current curricula and future job markets, and the evolving nature of academic credits. Overall, the document emphasizes the need for cultural competency and adaptation in educational approaches.

2. Challenge: Demographic
Shifts and Cultural
Competency
-Portland overall is the 3rd whitest city in the nation
-1 in 3 children in Portland are kids of color.

3. Out of Oregon's 213 school
Challenge: Serving districts, ten districts enroll
Students with ESL needs
50% of the state's Hispanic
students. Seven of these school
districts are in the Portland
metropolitan area, two are
located in the mid-Willamette
Valley.
About half of Oregon's Hispanic
students are enrolled in ESL
programs, compared to only
one percent of white students.

4. Free and Reduced Lunch %
99-00 11-12
Challenge: Access
Resident UG Tuition and Fees PPS 38% 43.2%
$3,468 1999
$7,130 2010
David Douglas 47% 74.1%
Centennial 28% 61.8%
Parkrose 47% 71.3%
Reynolds 47% 68.1%

5. Challenge: Untapped
Massive Social and
Learning Networks

6. Challenge: Mismatch
between Curriculum and
Emerging Work

7. “We are currently preparing
students for jobs that don’t
yet exist . . . using
technologies that haven’t yet
been invented . . . in order to
solve problems we don’t even
know are problems yet.”

8. Challenge:
Changing Nature of
Credits