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Oregon Lawmakers Unite to Fund Summer Reading Programs for Struggling Students with New House Bill
House Bill 2007, legislation seeking to expand access to summer literacy programs, especially for students reading below grade level, was unanimously passed in the Oregon House of Representatives.
Oregon Summer Literacy Program…
Federal Cuts Will Shut Down Literacy and Math Learning Projects for Oregon Students
Despite the urgency of recent state and national assessment data suggesting that Oregon must provide resources to support high-quality instruction in literacy and math, student-centered instructional projects amounting to $3,495,000 must be…
Oregon Boosts Early Learning Access for Nearly 2,000 More Children With Disabilities Since 2020
A report released by the Oregon Department of Education and the Department of Early Learning and Care yesterday indicates that almost two thousand more children with disabilities in Oregon received special education services in early…
Oregon Senators Tackle Alarming School Attendance Crisis with New Legislation
A bipartisan group of Oregon senators is planning to introduce legislation to address chronic absenteeism at schools in the state.
Oregon School Absenteeism Legislation In The Pipeline
Oregon Senators Suzanne Weber, R-Tillamook,…
Oregon School Districts Will Need Significantly More Money to Achieve Growth Targets
Before the governor can expect Oregon school districts to improve academic achievements, significantly more money is needed to attain ambitious growth targets, says Kimberlee Armstrong, Superintendent of Portland Public Schools.
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A School District in Oregon Votes to Safeguard Immigrant Students Amid Funding Fears
Woodburn, the school district with the most Latino students in Oregon, has reversed an earlier decision not to support the rights and privacy of immigrant and refugee students.
School Board chair Noemi Legaspi abstained from a vote…
Oregon AG Rayfield Joins 16-State Push to Defend DEI and Accessibility in Schools
Yesterday, a coalition of 16 attorneys general, including Oregon Attorney General Rayfield, issued guidance to help K-12 schools, colleges, and universities understand the legality, viability, and importance of diversity, equity, inclusion,…
ODE Launches Program to Improve the Literacy Skills of Oregon’s 309k Middle and High School Students
In an all-out effort to improve the poor scholastic literacy achievements of students in public middle and high schools in recent years, the Department of Education (ODE) is launching a statewide program entitled the Oregon Adolescent…
Oregon Faces Call to Overhaul Outdated School Funding and Pump Millions More into Classrooms
A recently released report from the nonpartisan American Institutes of Research, commissioned by the Oregon Legislature, indicates that the state’s decades-old funding formula needs an overhaul.
It also needs to spend significantly more…
Oregon’s Business Degrees Among Nation’s Priciest, Graduates Paying Over Half Their Income to…
Business graduates at the University of Portland spend more than 50% of their income to repay student loans.
Portland Ranks Seventh in the Highest Debt Position Nationwide
This has been established in a study conducted by…