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Students of color get short shrift School districts in whiter, more affluent communities offer up to three times more teaching in-person. Updated on Apr 03, 2021; Published on Apr 03, 2021 Elementary students in the rural Oregon Trail district have been attending class in-person since mid-February. That s nearly a month earlier than some districts serving the Portland area s most diverse families. The Oregonian Editor s Note This is the first of two parts looking at how much in-person instruction students receive in the largest Portland-area districts. This entry focuses on elementary schools. Next up? Middle and high schools. As Portland-area elementary schools reopen, students face glaring disparities in the amount of time they get face-to-face with teachers and classmates differences that are strongly linked to race and class. ....