Educators from Portland Public Schools (PPS) began their historic strike on November 1, temporarily shutting down more than 80 schools across the city. Since then, little progress has been made to relax the stalemate between the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) union and PPS management to end the strike. In fact, the tension between the district and union has only appeared to grow as the days tick by. But bargaining developments this week signaled the...