Curriculum Adoption

The curriculum funds of the 2020 and 2025 Bond Programs fund comprehensive, culturally relevant, research-backed, and standards-based curriculum and instructional resources across core subject areas: language arts, math, science, the arts, health/physical education, social sciences, English as a second language, world languages, and social emotional learning. This investment provides high-quality, standards-based instructional materials, supports Oregon's 6 year textbook adoption cycle.

Instructional Resources Committees (AIR Committees) for each content area adopting new resources include educators, central office leaders, school-based leadership, and stakeholders. Extensive community engagement is achieved through open houses, focus groups, and culturally-responsive feedback loops.

Portland Public Schools has a comprehensive Instructional Resource Adoption process across subjects and grade levels.  

Learn about Instructional Resource Adoptions

2020 Bond Curriculum Program - $53,444,000

Recent 2020 PPS Bond adoptions include:

• Science: Amplify Science (K-5), SEPUP (6-8), HMH (9-12)
• Social Emotional Learning: Wayfinder (K-12), We Do It for the Culture! (6-12), 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)
• 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)

2025 Bond Curriculum Program - $56,000,000

Planned 2025 PPS Bond adoptions include: 

• Social Studies (K-12)
• English Language Arts: (K-12)
• English Language Development: (K-12)
• World Languages: (6-12)
• Science (K-12)
• Mathematics: (K-12)
• Social Emotional Learning: (K-12)