This is a presentation used for a discussion on disruptive change and PSU 2025. a project aimed at understanding and preparing for the learning needs of graduating class of 2025.

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