Social Sciences education plays a critical role in preparing our students, and fellow citizens, for meaningful engagement and informed participation in both local and global communities.  

In the Portland Public School district, we believe that all of our students deserve a transformative K-12 Social Sciences education that provides the skills and information they need to navigate the world in which they live.   (PPS Strategic Plan 2021-2025)

In order to ensure that our students have the tools necessary to understand, confront, and change systems that perpetuate oppression and racial injustice, it is our responsibility to model the tenants of our democracy by taking action as a collective to adopt these materials through a collaborative community process (PPS ReImagined Vision)