by Ty Davison | Apr 10, 2025 | News & Commentary
Mississippi(!) has the best demographic-adjusted NAEP (4th & 8th grade) scores now. How did they fix themselves? In 2012, they introduced phonics-based instruction and began to hold back about 10% of 3rd graders per year who failed at reading. Oregon—dead last by...
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 20, 2025 | News & Commentary
A Portland center for Black culture closes its doors – oregonlive.com: The Soul Restoration Center, a colorful cultural and community hub for Black Portland, is closing this month after losing its lease in the historic Albina Arts building in Northeast Portland,...
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
Family’s experience highlights high mortality rate of Black babies as Oregon weighs ‘Momnibus’ • Oregon Capital Chronicle: When LaTasha Williams learned she was pregnant in fall 2021, one of the first things she felt was fear. She hadn’t planned to...
