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on free speech at US colleges | CNN: Last weekend’s arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian refugee whose green card was revoked over his involvement in demonstrations at Columbia University, is having a chilling effect on...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...
by Ty Davison | Mar 3, 2025 | News & Commentary
Spending on special education in Oregon needs a revamped formula, researchers find – Salem Reporter: The additional costs of providing a fair and equal education for a deaf or blind student are about $24,000 annually, according to the U.S. Department of...
by Ty Davison | Feb 20, 2025 | News & Commentary
To fix what ails Oregon schools, spend a lot more money, new report suggests – oregonlive.com: One of those reports says the typical Oregon school needs to spend 33% more per student to give every child a shot at academic success. And it says the additional...