Teacher diversity remains challenge-filled priority for Portland Public Schools The school district, which has doubled the number of educators of color since 2016, is coming up with a plan based on findings of an Educators of Color study conducted with Bowdoin College. Share Portland Public Schools has doubled the number of educators of color employed in the district over the past five years, but the superintendent says much more work is needed to have the district’s workforce better mirror student demographics. “We’ve made tremendous strides,” Superintendent Xavier Botana told school board members last week, “but we have also learned a great deal along the way about the areas where we have tremendous room for growth.”