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
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...
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...
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...