The Curriculum funds of the 2020 Bond Program are being used to adopt comprehensive, culturally relevant, research-backed and standards-based curriculum and instructional resources and materials, across our core subject areas.  Those areas include language arts, math, science, the arts, health/physical education, social sciences, English as a second language, world languages and social emotional learning. This investment will provide students with high-quality, standards-based instructional materials, will allow for a return to the Oregon textbook adoption cycle, and will support more innovative PPS vision-oriented courses of study (e.g. climate justice, ethnic studies, middle school redesign, experiential education and portfolios, computer science).

Advisors on Instructional Resources Committees (AIR Committees) were established for each content area adopting new resources. The committees are comprised of educators from across the district, central office leaders, school-based leadership and other stakeholders. Furthermore, extensive community engagement with students, parents, caregivers and family members was accomplished through open houses, focus groups, and additional culturally-responsive feedback loops.

Supported by the 2020 PPS Bond, Portland Public Schools is currently undergoing a comprehensive Instructional Resource Adoption process across various subjects and grade levels. Recent adoptions include:

Science: Amplify Science (K-5) and SEPUP (6-8)
Social Emotional Learning: Wayfinder (K-5), We Do It for the Culture! (6-8), Caring School Communities (K-5)
Health & Physical Education: Cairn Guidance and MindWise (K-12), Open Ed (K-12), OpenPE (9-12), Second Step (K-5)
Social Sciences: InquireEd (K-5), TCI, Savvas, Black History 365 (6-12)
Mathematics: iReady Math (K-5), MidSchoolMath (6-8), Illustrative Math (9-12)
English Language Development: Benchmark and Vista Higher Learning (K-5), Vista Higher Learning (6-12)
English Language Arts: Wit & Wisdom (K-5), HMH - Into Literature (6-12)
World Languages: Various adoptions for grades 6-12
Reading Interventions: Wilson Reading Systems (K-12)

More program details can be found on the INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE ADOPTION page.

CURRICULUM PROJECT STATUS REPORT
BAC Curriculum Status Report Oct 2024