Embedded Honors

Salem-Keizer will continue to push ahead with a deeply flawed “embedded honors” program while eliminating most advanced classes. This terrible idea springs from a flawed premise: That disparity equals discrimination. The result will be that high achieving...

Salem-area backlash

Assuming that the governor is acting within her lawful authority—I would think she is, but I’m not an attorney—it’s hard to see how this business owner isn’t in legal trouble. That’s to say nothing of the public relations nightmare....

United Way not the way?

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2017/10/14/united-ways-suspends-grant-program-nonprofits-mid-willamette-valley/757509001/Salaries and related expenses in its current budget are $412,070 out of more than $1.15 million in total expenses....

Education

Battle Ground, Washington Whew. The two September ballot measures that had to pass to avoid any more cuts to education made it through by roughly 60-40 margins. That’s a bummer if you’re a smoker for one, and the conversion of an endowment fund into a...