District leaders say Oregon school reform plan gets the details wrong

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...

Marion County judges will start deciding if public defenders have time to take new cases

by Ty Davison | Mar 16, 2025 | News & Commentary

Marion County judges will start deciding if public defenders have time to take new cases  – Salem Reporter: The state public defense commission sets a limit for the number of cases an attorney under contract can take on at once. In an email, Murphy cited...

Oregon lawmakers target plastic utensils, condiments, hotel toiletries with updated bag ban – Salem Reporter

by Ty Davison | Mar 12, 2025 | News & Commentary

Oregon lawmakers target plastic utensils, condiments, hotel toiletries with updated bag ban – Salem Reporter: Since the Oregon Legislature voted to ban single-use plastic grocery bags and limit plastic straws in 2019, most Oregonians have grown used to bringing...

State education officials would have power to intervene in struggling schools under governor’s plan – Salem Reporter

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...

Spending on special education in Oregon needs a revamped formula, researchers find

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...