by Ty Davison | Mar 20, 2025 | News & Commentary
A laser focus on literacy for summer learning programs runs into opposition at Legislature – oregonlive.com: With spring break just around the corner, Oregon lawmakers are still wrestling over requirements for summer learning programs that will kick off in just...
by Ty Davison | Mar 18, 2025 | News & Commentary
Oregon Republican lawmaker reads sexually explicit passage on House floor to call out bill that would ban book bans – oregonlive.com: His on-camera literary recitation from a young adult novel was a response to a Democratic-sponsored bill up for consideration in...
by Ty Davison | Mar 17, 2025 | News & Commentary
District leaders say Oregon school reform plan gets the details wrong – Salem Reporter: Castañeda, who helped design school accountability systems in Rhode Island, said many of the governor’s ideas are already being done in Salem-Keizer. Those include using data...
by Ty Davison | Mar 16, 2025 | News & Commentary
Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest has chilling effect on free speech at US colleges | CNN: Last weekend’s arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian refugee whose green card was revoked over his involvement in demonstrations at Columbia University, is having a chilling effect on...
by Ty Davison | Mar 11, 2025 | News & Commentary
State education officials would have power to intervene in struggling schools under governor’s plan – Salem Reporter: The Oregon Department of Education would have historic power to intervene in struggling schools and districts across the state under two new...