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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Oregon Faces Call to Overhaul Outdated School Funding and Pump Millions More into Classrooms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…
Oregon Students Wallow at the Bottom of National Averages for Math and Reading
Despite more than a billion dollars spent post-pandemic to help public school students recover academically and emotionally, Oregon wallows at the bottom of the national average in math and reading.
Financial Stability Plays a…
Whistleblower Sues Oregon DOE Over $3.1M Misuse, Neglect of Students with Disabilities
A former Oregon Department of Education (ODE) employee claims the agency mishandled $3.1 million in state funding tied to Senate Bill 819, a 2023 law aimed at ensuring full school days for high-needs students.
Allison Watkins joined the…
Klamath County School District Reveals Nationwide Data Breach of the PowerSchool Cloud-Based…
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A PowerSchool data breach affecting school districts nationwide has been announced by the Klamath County School District.
PowerSchool contains information about parents and students and consists mainly of their…
Cellphones Banned During School Hours at Portland Public Middle and High Schools
Portland public middle and high school students will no longer be able to use cell phones or smartwatches during school hours.
The blanket ban applies to passing periods and lunch breaks and was approved 5 – 2 on Tuesday by school board…