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| June 2012 |
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June 18, 2012
THE OREGONIAN
Three-part series, Diplomas denied:
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Portland's high dropout rate reveals illusion of success at big high schools
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Portland directs students to GEDs rather than back to classes
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Schools in Hillsboro, Arizona spot potential dropouts better than Portland
ASSOCIATED PRESS
In Salem, Hispanic graduation rates increasing
President Barack Obama will stop deporting younger illegal immigrants
KATU-TV
Your Voice Your Vote featuring Gov. Kitzhaber
OPB RADIO
Final program in ongoing series: “Learning With Less: At Some Point It Just Means Less Learning” and 15 earlier reports.
BEAVERTON - BEAVERTON VALLEY TIMES
Congratulations graduates, now go to college (Editorial)
BEND BULLETIN (via Curry Coastal Pilot)
Educational czar’s other jobs will be distracting (Editorial)
CORVALLIS – GAZETTE TIMES
Public welcome to access board
EUGENE – REGISTER-GUARD
The UO’s ‘inflection point’ Berdahl predicts big changes for the university (Editorial) Online classes offer more students more choices (Commentary, Springfield School District)
KLAMATH FALLS - HERALD AND NEWS
Partnership will allow KCC students to take classes at OIT
MEDFORD - MAIL TRIBUNE
A reasonable step A few students should be allowed to take graduation exams in their first language (Editorial)
PORTLAND – BUSINESS JOURNAL
Maher to head NW Health Foundation
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Rudy Crew as chief education officer is worth the risk for Governor Kitzhaber (Guest commentary)
Crew's undivided attention: Oregon never wants to ask, 'Where's Rudy?' (Columnist)
Why four years of college isn't right for everyone: Round two of the education debate (Guest columnist)
What families need to know about college debt (Guest commentary)
Education in Oregon: Inching to the head of the CLASS (Editorial)
College educations go subprime: As costs rise, the value declines (Guest columnist)
Oregon can't afford higher ed playoff (Columnist)
PORTLAND TRIBUNE
Audit: Workforce training could be better
PRINEVILLE – CENTRAL OREGONIAN
Advanced diploma program is a win-win
SALEM - STATESMAN JOURNAL
Salem-Keizer district outlines its goals for student achievement
EDUCATION NEXT
It Will Take Leadership to Transition to Digital Age in Education (Guest opinion)
Confessions of a Former Luddite
EDUCATION WEEK
Districts Experiment With 'Weighted' Funding
Do We Know How to Teach Highly Able Learners? (Commentary)
What Can K-12 Learn From "Pay-for-Performance" Deals in Higher Ed.? Pop Quiz on Testing (Commentary)
INSIDE HIGHER ED
Paying for Performance McGraw Hill will get paid based on how many students pass the WGU courses, not just how many buy their curriculum materials.
NEW YORK TIMES
The College Graduate as Collateral Investors could finance students’ education with equity, not debt. In exchange, investors would receive a fraction of students’ future income.
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF. – OC METRO
UCI exec named University of Oregon president The State Board of Higher Education voted to appoint Michael Gottfredson this morning
June 8, 2012
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oregon state school superintendent to resign
BEND BULLETIN
Secrecy mars selection of state's education chief (Editorial) (Also ran in Brookings paper, the Curry Coastal Pilot)
COOS BAY - THE WORLD
Union: Low pay drives off teachers
EUGENE - THE REGISTER-GUARD
Castillo steps down as state schools chief
Castillo moves on An awkward office is becoming irrelevant (Editorial)
GRESHAM – THE OUTLOOK
District shoulders brunt of Legislature's failure to adequately fund education (by Reynolds School Board chair)
KLAMATH FALLS - HERALD AND NEWS
No sure thing, but some risk is worth taking to improve education systems (Editorial)
OPB NEWS
Oregon State School Superintendent Steps Down
OREGON BUSINESS
Changes afoot for education governance, funding
OREGON CITY - OREGON CITY NEWS
Collaboration leads to tentative labor agreements
PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL
Board of Higher Education approves 3.4% tuition hike
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Oregon and K-12 schools: The last elected schools chief (Editorial)
Oregon's state schools superintendent resigns, leaving the governor in charge of education
Oregon State Board of Higher Education reluctantly approves higher tuition as students protest
Oregon's new education chief: 'Poor for now' won't be a problem for Rudy Crew (Columnist)
North Portland's tiny Open Meadow sets example, graduates all students
Advice for Rudy Crew, Oregon's new chief education officer (Guest commentary)
PORTLAND – THE SKANNER
Rudy Crew Officially Named CEO of Oregon Schools
PORTLAND – THE TRIBUNE
Roosevelt grads make a college connection
Creative network wants to put art back into local education
PRINEVILLE – CENTRAL OREGONIAN
Advanced Diploma program offers college opportunities
SALEM - STATESMAN JOURNAL
State's education reform is taking shape (Editorial)
EUGENE – THE (LCC) TORCH
Spilde finds inspiration in students
BOSTON GLOBE
Stand for Children has record of winning concessions
FORBES MAGAZINE
How Would You Like A Graduate Degree For $100?
THE NEW YORK TIMES
In Best High Schools Lists, Numbers Don’t Tell All
California Cuts Threaten the Status of Universities
More Young Americans Out of High School Are Also Out of Work
College’s True Cost (Editorial)
June 1, 2012
Coverage of Rudy Crew, Oregon's first Chief Education Officer hired May 31.
Other news:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
3 percent tuition increase for Oregon universities
EUGENE – THE REGISTER-GUARD
Time to rethink our emphasis on college degrees (Editorial)
GRESHAM OUTLOOK
Process broken for negotiating teachers’ contracts in Oregon
HOOD RIVER NEWS
Adult literacy 'raises all boats together' (CGCC)
OPB RADIO
Growth Of Latino Population Nearly Half Of State's Total
PORTLAND – BUSINESS JOURNAL
Higher-ed reform hits high gear
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
The new meaning of minority in Oregon (Editorial)
Stronger vocational education makes more sense than college for all (Guest columnist)
Raise all Oregon universities (Editorial)
PORTLAND - THE SKANNER
Still Controversial: Portland’s Education Urban Renewal Area Did the Portland Development Commission rush to judgment?
PORTLAND - WILLAMETTE WEEK
A Smack in the Kicker: union-backed initiative to repeal corporate tax rebate draws fire from reformers
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
It's "Save Our Schools Action Day" for Oregon Parents
SALEM – STATESMAN JOURNAL
Schools are critical to Oregon's economic recovery (Guest opinion by OSBA president)
THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
The 'college-for-all' misconception
DENVER POST
Education experts disagree on importance of school class size
EDUCATION WEEK
Experts Call for More Uniform Standards for Early Childhood
Grades Found to Give 'Early Warning' on ELL Dropouts
Group Measures Return on Dropout-Prevention Investment
Report Shows Civic Disparities by Education, Income Levels
Romney Calls for Using Title I, IDEA Funds for School Choice
How Much Will the Common Core Cost?
NEW YORK TIMES
As College Graduates Cluster, Some Cities Are Left Behind
WASHINGTON POST
Romney vs. teachers unions: The inconvenient truth (Column)
College dropouts have debt but no degree
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May 27, 2012
AFT OREGON
Ambitious Partnership will transform McDowell County
BAKER CITY - BAKER CITY HERALD
Grant focuses on tech career skills
EUGENE - THE REGISTER-GUARD
College in reach Credit a UO program, the Gates Foundation and hard work
SALEM - STATESMAN JOURNAL
Schools scramble for new statistics Data highlights student success
EDUCATION WEEK
Report: U.S. Students Get Serious About High School
Relationship Between Advocacy Groups, Unions Uneasy
Use Technology to Upend Traditional Classrooms (Commentary)
SOCIALIST WORKER
Oregon's anti-teacher assault Teacher Adam Sanchez reports on the unfolding battles facing Oregon educators.
NEW YORK TIMES
Integration Worked. Why Have We Rejected It?
Romney Calls Failing Schools ‘Civil Rights Issue of Our Era’
Gates Puts the Focus on Teaching
U.S. Subsidies to Profit-Making Colleges Keep Growing
May 18, 2012
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hundreds march in Ore. to protest education cuts
CLACKAMAS REVIEW/OREGON CITY NEWS
Years of cuts come home to roost in Oregon schools (Editorial)
EAGLE POINT – UPPER ROGUE INDEPENDENT
A Response to Representative Richardson’s Newsletter, by an Eagle Point High School Teacher
EUGENE – REGISTER-GUARD
Schools not ready with rules for appeal
Base school reform in reality: Parents, professors, and policy-makers are too far removed from what goes on in schools (Guest commentary)
No school layoffs, closures
HILLSBORO – ARGUS OBSERVER
Resolving the school funding crisis: Argus readers pitch their ideas
THE LUND REPORT
Portland Public Schools Exert Pressure on Oregon Educators Benefit Board
MEDFORD - MAIL TRIBUNE
Eagle Point schools strike is over
OREGON CATALYST BLOG
K-12 fix: reform PERS and fund K-12 first
OREGON SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION
Election results: Mostly good news for schools
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Oregon's minority births on rise
Beaverton School District Budget Committee approves largest cuts in Portland area, 344 jobs reduced
Answers to Oregon's school funding problems from school board members' point of view (Guest commentary)
Hiring process for Oregon's new chief education officer should be more transparent (Guest commentary)
School board members will advise Oregon governor on higher education
SALEM - STATESMAN JOURNAL
Summer program helps Salem-Keizer freshmen
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Census: Minorities now surpass whites in US births
EDUCATION WEEK
States Lack Capacity for Reform (Commentary)
New Advocacy Groups Shaking Up Education Field
Study: One in 10 Students Misses a Month of School
HECHINGER REPORT
Getting a teaching license may soon include a new test — can hopefuls handle a classroom? (Oregon is one of 25 states field-testing this assessment)
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Lawsuit takes aim at California's legal protections for teachers
NEW YORK TIMES
Colleges Begin to Confront Higher Costs and Students’ Debt
Come the Revolution (Columnist)
Student Loans Weighing Down a Generation With Heavy Debt
Up to 15 Percent of Students Chronically Skip School, Johns Hopkins Finds
May 11, 2012
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oregon gets mixed feedback on NCLB waiver request
COOS BAY WORLD
College in high school
HILLSBORO ARGUS
What's at stake with Washington County school district budget cuts? In lieu of a staff editorial, the Argus asked a cross section of principals, parents, teachers, students and others from the Hillsboro, Beaverton and Forest Grove school districts to describe what the proposed cuts would look like, if enacted next fall. (Editorial)
PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL
Portland No. 31 for college-educated young adults
Portland college grads outearn non-grads by 42%
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Forest Grove School District officials reveal budget, recommend $3.1 million in cuts
Oregon schools have reached the tipping point with their ever-shrinking fund (Commentary by Gresham-Barlow Supt. Jim Schlachter)
Sherwood School District's new pre-kindergarten aimed at disadvantaged kids
ONTARIO - ARGUS OBSERVER
Districts struggling with new achievement compact plans
SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL
Parents must be proactive with reading (Guest columnist by principal working with Salem-Keizer Coalition for Equality)
Don't mix black and brown in schools (Guest columnist)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
AP surges as tool for schools raising standards
THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
NAEP science: gaining ground, but a long way to go
KEEP CALIFORNIA’S PROMISE (Blog)
Soon every faculty member will have a personal senior manager: Is this a good way to spend money?
EDUCATION WEEK
Teacher Effectiveness, Yes. But What About Principals?
It's Time for a New Kind of High School (Commentary)
Tennessee's 'Parent Involvement Contract' Draws Skepticism ( and six PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships)
EDUCATION NEXT
What We’re Watching: Good Teachers Boost Students’ Future Pay
NEW YORK TIMES
Career or Deep Learning? Pondering the Purpose of College
New Procedure for Teaching License Draws Protest
College Dot Com (Blog discussion by David Brooks and Gail Collins)
US NEWS
America’s “Top Public High Schools, ” including Woodburn School District’s Wellness, Business & Sports School among the Oregon top 10.
May 4, 2012
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New focus in Oregon on sixth-grade attendance
EUGENE - THE REGISTER-GUARD
State zeroes in on 6th-grade attendance
Students oppose tuition hike
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Band-Aids and bailouts for Portland schools (Editorial)
During school cuts in Portland, a lesson from Clint Eastwood (Columnist)
Grant will help start preschool at Earl Boyles
Facing a hard reality, thinking our priorities on the Beaverton schools budget (by Supt. Jeff Rose)
PORTLAND – WILLAMETTE WEEK
New Political Action Committee Will Focus on Higher Ed
SALEM - STATESMAN JOURNAL
One in five kids at risk due to absences, study finds (S-K SD)
Superintendent Husk withdraws as finalist for Seattle job
GOVERNING MAGAZINE
John Kitzhaber: A Three-Time Governor Turning Oregon’s Tide Kitzhaber once called Oregon “ungovernable.” Now, he’s forging bipartisan alliances that are making it one of the best governed states in the nation.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Half of recent college grads underemployed or jobless, analysis says
EDUCATION NEXT
School Start Times Found to Affect Student Achievement
EDUCATION WEEK
Ed. Department Offers States Feedback on WaiversStandards Open the Door for Best Practices From Special Ed.
Proposals for Reforming Special Education Law
MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE
[Gov.] Dayton vetoes overhaul of teacher tenure rules, a top GOP priority
NEW YORK TIMES
Wasting Our Minds (Commentary)
The Imperiled Promise of College (Commentary)
A Very Pricey Pineapple (Commentary)
The Campus Tsunami (Commentary)
SEATTLE TIMES
Group seeks to end math, science fear and loathing
WASHINGTON POST
Education and the income gap: Darling-Hammond
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April 27, 2012
BEAVERTON - BEAVERTON VALLEY TIMES
Beaverton schools anticipate cutting 344 staff positions
BLUE OREGON BLOG
No More Band Aids There are plenty of dire phrases and words floating around among parents these days: “Beyond frustrated,” “sickened,” “horrified,” “heartbroken,” and more. (Commentary)
HILLSBORO - HILLSBORO ARGUS
Businesses, schools partner to create STEM collaborative in five metro school districts
PORTLAND - KINK-FM RADIO
Portland School Board member Bobbie Regan speaking on KINK-FM radio about budgets, cuts to schools, furlough days and more
PORTLAND - THE OREGONIAN
Oregon schools in crisis, again: What do candidates plan to do about it? (Editorial)
Recalling the strange saga of the corporate "kicker" tax rebates (columnist)
Unions make right decision in focusing efforts on repealing corporate kicker (Editorial)
When a 30:1 student teacher ratio seems normal, have we reached an extreme?
PORTLAND - TRIBUNE
School cuts fuel UPSET uprising Grassroots groups ready a counter attack in fund fight
SALEM - STATESMAN JOURNAL
School districts hanging on to cash in anticipation of more hard times
THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
Kicking African American students out: reconsider the reasons for suspension
EDUCATION WEEK
Advocates Worry Implementation Could Derail Common Core
Studies Question Value of Early Algebra Lessons
Accountability Moving Beyond Math, Reading Tests
Study Supports Essay-Grading Technology
LOS ANGELES TIMES
LA Unified School District Weighs Lower Bar For Grads
NPR – TALK OF THE NATION
Parents Hold Bake Sales To Pay Teachers
NEW YORK TIMES
Robo-Readers Used to Grade Test Essays Computers are fast when it comes to grading test essays, but they can be fooled.
TIME MAGAZINE
School Reform: Why Romney and Obama Aren't Talking About Education (Commentary)
WASHINGTON POST
I went to some of D.C.’s better schools. I was still unprepared for college. (Guest commentary)
April 20, 2012
Post-Secondary Enrollment. The OEIB distributed post-secondary enrollment information to K-12 districts (one of the achievement compact measures). This was the first time the state ever shared this information with districts, and the release drew coverage from The Oregonian:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
6 out of 10 Oregon high school graduates go on
EUGENE – REGISTER-GUARD
Teachers' pay cut in contract
LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE – THE TORCH
Tuition increase a necessary evil
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber waltzes through the first 16 months in office but the hard part is aheadForest Grove High School wins award for closing achievement gap
Ron Wyden's plan to provide students more college information is only a first step (Editorial)
Budget cuts leave Portland Public Schools students in the lurch (Guest commentary by student)
Steve Duin: At Portland's Franklin High School, the bell tolls for ... them (Columnist)
SALEM - STATESMAN JOURNAL
Salem-Keizer schools chief Husk a finalist for Seattle job
Unless Oregon high school seniors can pass a new reading test, they may find their diploma denied
THE ATLANTIC
The Paradox of Public Education
EDUCATION WEEK
Encouraging AP Success for All Students (Commentary)
The Intersection of Race and Students With Disabilities
Studies Give Nuanced Look at Teacher Effectiveness
School Turnaround Push Still a Work in Progress
Study Links Zoning to Education Disparities (The connections between housing development, family income and educational success)
Obama Administration Seeks to Remake Career-Tech Programs
Researchers Propose New Indicators for School Performance (The College-Going Diagnostic Strategic Performance Indicators)
NEW YORK TIMES
Community Colleges Offer Path to Four-Year Degrees
Where Your Money Goes (College Costs)
Coursera Plans to Announce University Partners for Online Classes (Stanford professors)
Testing the Teachers
SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Dilemma over English learners Weighted formula's potential perverse incentives
April 13, 2012
BEND - THE BULLETIN
Community colleges must address dropout rates to be viable (Guest column – from LATimes)
CORVALLIS - CORVALLIS GAZETTE-TIMES
Lincoln elementary receives state award
DALLAS - POLK COUNTY ITEMIZER-OBSERVER
Education plan has drawbacks
LAKE OSWEGO - LAKE OSWEGO REVIEW
School foundation more than halfway to goal
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Portland's Franklin High named tops in state at helping diverse students excel
'Two Oregons' show a bigger contrast than 'two Washingtons'
EDUCATION WEEK
Stanford Project on Common Standards and English-Learners Goes Live
INSIDE HIGHER ED
Foundations' Newfound Advocacy
NEW YORK TIMES
The Gains of College
April 11, 2012
Early EducationA report from the National Institute for Early Education Research spawned a spate of articles, national and local:
Arts Education
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ED Releases New Report on Arts Education in U.S. Public Schools On Monday, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the U.S. Department of Education, released the findings of the first nationwide arts survey in a decade that comprehensively documents the state of arts education in U.S. public schools. (No state-by-state data in report, but West does lag the NE, SE and Central regions in providing arts education)
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Report: Arts Engagement Linked to Academic, Civic Benefits, and No Obituary Needed for Arts Education, Study Reveals
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS: New NEA Research Report Shows Potential Benefits of Arts Education for At-Risk Youth
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Report: Fewer elementary schools offering visual arts, drama, dance; poor students hurt most
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Portland schools may cut 110 teaching jobs
Ore. high school seniors required to pass tests
ASHLAND -- JEFFERSON PUBLIC RADIO
The Jefferson Exchange interview and call-in show hosted conversations with Nancy Golden on achievement compacts (beginning of the linked mp3) and Pam Curtis on the Early Learning Council (middle portion of the linked mp3).
BEAVERTON - BEAVERTON VALLEY TIMES
Children must be healthy to learn (Guest Opinion)
EUGENE - THE REGISTER-GUARD
Springfield school chief to receive equity award
KLAMATH FALLS - HERALD AND NEWS
Oregon on federal early learning contest list
PORTLAND – KPTV
Alternative way can be the right way, Gov says
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Need good child care? Start looking two years ago (Column)
Sen. Ron Wyden pushes bill that would show students costs and benefits of a college degree
THE OREGONIAN
Students needing special education in Oregon on the rise
Teachers at Troutdale charter school win cash bonuses for student gains
Education reform must address discipline practices for the greatest student achievement (Guest Columnist)
SALEM – STATESMAN JOURNAL
Cuts continue for Salem-Keizer schools
Salem-Keizer district prepares for $20 million shortfall for 2012-13 budget
State needs stable way to pay for education
EDUCATION WEEK
New Report Chronicles Latino College Completion by State
Parental Engagement Proves No Easy Goal
States Gird to Report Revised Graduation Rates
Common-Core-Test Group Gives Higher Ed. Voting Rights
Assessment Consortium Moves to Build Higher Ed. Links
Federal Dysfunction Sets Stiff Challenge for State K-12 Chiefs
NEW YORK TIMES
Giving Women the Access Code
How Much Is a Professor Worth?
Trying to Find a Measure for How Well Colleges Do
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March 30, 2012
THE OREGONIAN
Oregon's new education board approves achievement gauges for every level of schooling
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Many variables will drive education plan's results
BEAVERTON - BEAVERTON VALLEY TIMES
Beaverton instructor leads PCC in cost-savings and income innovations
EUGENE - THE REGISTER-GUARD
Compacts need local effort (Editorial)
KLAMATH FALLS – HERALD AND NEWS
Promoting classroom success through health
LEBANON - LEBANON EXPRESS
Chalkboard creates educators council
THE LUND REPORT
School District’s Achievement Compacts will Include Absenteeism
OPB RADIO
Education Scholar Encourages Innovation (Linda Darling-Hammond in Oregon)
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
For states, the higher education tuition well seems about to run dry (Columnist)
Union-backed Our Oregon ponders taking tax measures to ballot
De La Salle's secret: Oregon can improve on AP classes (Editorial)
SCAPPOOSE –SOUTH COUNTY SPOTLIGHT
County works through governor's ELCs
EDUCATION NEWS COLORADO
Denver Schools pilot early warning system (RtI for 9th grade)
EDUCATION WEEK
Latest NCLB Waiver Hopefuls Learned From First Round
SIG Effort Posts Promising Early Results
Career Mapping Eyed to Prepare Students for College
Newspaper Test-Score Investigation Revives Cheating Debate
NEW YORK TIMES
Brooklyn School, Failing by the Metrics, Succeeds Where It Counts
The Relationship School (Columnist)
Feedback From Students Becomes a Campus Staple, but Some Go Further
March 22, 2012
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
America’s Promise Alliance, “Building a Grad Nation Report”
High school graduation rate rises in U.S. (Washington Post)
40 States Improve High School Graduation Rates (Education Week)
ALBANY - ALBANY DEMOCRAT-HERALD
LBCC adopts new GED format
EUGENE – REGISTER-GUARD
Getting a jump on learning
Achievement compacts foundation of governor's school plan.
HILLSBORO - ARGUS
Hillsboro grading policy (Editorial)
MEDFORD - MAIL TRIBUNE
Latino students urged to stay in school, get involved politically
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
The teaching poor: Why I do not love my job (Guest commentary by Mt. Angel teacher)
A pitched voice from Mount Angel (follow-up editorial)
Where's the 'compact' on adequate school funding?
Portland Community College President Preston Pulliams says he'll retire in 2013
Something needed to grow on (Editorial about higher ed finance)
Student focus, better data create fewer Portland high school dropouts (Guest commentary)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Panel Says Schools’ Failings Could Threaten Economy and National Security
EDUCATION WEEK
Survey: Teachers Place Little Value on Standardized Tests
NEW YORK TIMES
Budget Cuts Threaten Access to College Placement Tests
At the PTA, Clashes Over Cupcakes and Culture
March 16, 2012
Achievement compacts in Oregon: Remembering what matters most (The Oregonian editorial)
Oregon board digs into school achievement compacts (Associated Press, ran In Education Week, many Oregon papers and broadcasters’ websites)
Every Oregon school district must specify how many students it aims to graduate, get to college (The Oregonian)
Districts to have more input on school achievement (West Linn Tidings)
Education reforms raise funding questions (Oregon Business Blog)
ALBANY - DEMOCRAT HERALD
State education official visits LBCC
MEDFORD – MAIL TRIBUNE
State should address health along with school achievement
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Cradle to Career makes 'massive' effort to tackle school failure in Multnomah County
PORTLAND – THE TRIBUNE
Yes, we can get a lot done in Salem (Editorial)
SALEM – STATESMAN JOURNAL
Test scores, teacher results have value for improving education (by Dan Jamison, of Chalkboard, former Sherwood Supt.)
WEST LINN - WEST LINN TIDINGS
Districts to have more input on school achievement
EDUCATION WEEK
Oregon Community Schools Model Staying Power
Study: ELLs Who Reach Proficiency Quickly Fare Better
GOVERNING MAGAZINE
Can Education Data Build the Perfect Teacher?
WASHINGTON POST
Trying to assess learning gives colleges their own test anxiety
March 9, 2012
ALBANY - ALBANY DEMOCRAT-HERALD
Avakian: Career training sorely missing in Oregon schools
MEDFORD – THE MAIL TRIBUNE
A job well done Lawmakers waited until the last minute, but they passed what they needed to
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Large results in so little time (editorial)
Revenue reform in Oregon: It's time to boost investment in public education (commentary)
PolitiFact Oregon: Has the cost of a college education increased 439 percent?
PORTLAND – THE SKANNER
Suspensions and Expulsions: The School to Prison Pipeline Part 2: Solutions – and Failures
PORTLAND – WILLAMETTE WEEK
City Asks Wieden+Kennedy to Figure Out How to Help Portland's Public Schools
SALEM – THE STATESMAN JOURNAL
Oregon on road to education reform: Governor's leadership seen in 2 bills that become law
Governor, legislators already looking ahead to 2013 (with video)
EDUCATION WEEK
States Loosening 'Seat Time' Requirements
Civil Rights Data Show Retention Disparities
Growing Gaps Bring Focus on Poverty's Role in Schooling
Survey: Teacher Job Satisfaction Hits a Low Point
New Study Finds Parent Engagement on RiseValue-Added Evaluation Hurts Teaching: The harm behind the hype (commentary)
NEW YORK TIMES
Beyond the College Degree, Online Educational Badges
The Wrong Approach to Discipline
REUTERS
Cash-poor schools raid rivals in bid to boost student rosters
WASHINGTON POST
’Creative ... motivating’ and fired
March 2, 2012
BEND – THE BULLETIN
Another View: More options for Oregon high school students: Want the state to pick up the tab for your first year of college? (Opinion)
EUGENE - REGISTER-GUARD
Lift the blockade: Time for GOP lawmakers to help pass major reforms (Editorial)
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
It's time to pass education reform (Guest commentary)
In Salem, nobody gets to fold (Editorial)
PORTLAND – THE SKANNER
Communities of Color Report Busts Model Minority Myth: Racism hurts Asians, Pacific Islanders in Portland more than in rest of USA
SALEM – STATESMAN-JOURNAL
Budget, management tools will strengthen education reforms (Guest commentary by Rep. Mark Johnson and Rep. Matt Wingard)
Kitzhaber's education reforms best option for now (Column)
THE ATLANTIC
5 Ways to Make College Much More Affordable for All Americans If colleges rethink the way they teach and do business, they can save students and taxpayers billions without compromising their educational missions.
EDUCATION WEEK
Odd Pairings on Teacher Evaluation in ESEA Fight
Common Core Brings K-12, Higher Ed. Together
INSIDE HIGHER ED
Standardized Tests That Fail
NEW YORK TIMES
Colleges Misassign Many to Remedial Classes, Studies Find Two new studies from the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College have found that community colleges unnecessarily place tens of thousands of entering students in remedial classes — and that their placement decisions would be just as good if they relied on high school grade-point averages instead of standardized placement tests.
Schools Try to Match the Jobless With 3.4 Million Jobs
At UTEP, Success Is Not All About Graduation Rates
Where the Jobs Are, the Training May Not Be
STANFORD SOCIAL INNOVATION REVIEW
The Missing Link in School Reform
WASHINGTON POST
New standards might kill desire to assess teachers with test results (Column)
EUGENE - REGISTER-GUARD
Lift the blockade: Time for GOP lawmakers to help pass major reforms (Editorial)
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
It's time to pass education reform (Guest commentary)
In Salem, nobody gets to fold (Editorial)
SALEM – STATESMAN-JOURNAL
Budget, management tools will strengthen education reforms (Guest commentary by Rep. Mark Johnson and Rep. Matt Wingard)
Kitzhaber's education reforms best option for now (Column)
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February 24
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kitzhaber steps up pressure on Republican lawmakers
COMCAST NEWSMAKERS
Governor John Kitzhaber on Comcast Newsmakers
CORVALLIS - CORVALLIS GAZETTE-TIMES
Talk is cheap, but education requires cash (Editorial)
EUGENE - THE REGISTER-GUARD
Kitzhaber urges Legislature to act on his plans; House passes health care measure
MEDFORD – THE MAIL-TRIBUNE
Get it done Legislation sought by both parties deserves to move to the House floor
OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING
Kitzhaber Continues Public Pressure On Key Bills
PORTLAND - THE OREGONIAN
Yes, take care of business: And for the overwhelming majority of Oregon employers, that means passing bills to fix health care and strengthen the education system
Oregon far short of goals for high school, college attainment
Final days, final throes (Editorial)
Pass education bills before time runs out, Gov. John Kitzhaber tells Oregon lawmakers
Oregon schools: Student health must be crucial piece in reform (Guest commentary)
Oregon sets a higher ed goal of 40-40-20: Seriously? (Columnist)
Bring the joy back to teaching and learning (Guest commentary)
PORTLAND – THE SKANNER
Suspensions, Expulsions of Black Students: The School to Prison Pipeline?
SALEM – STATESMAN-JOURNAL
Gov. Kitzhaber revs up support for education bills
Reasons to protect education funding compelling (Guest commentary)
NEW YORK TIMES
Census Finds Bachelor’s Degrees at Record Level
What College Students Need to Know
States Address Problems With Teacher Evaluations
Ratings of New York City Teachers to Be Released Friday
For Teachers, Shame Is No Solution (Guest commentary)
SEATTLE TIMES
The overdue split among Democrats on education reform
February 17
LAGRANDE – THE OBSERVER
Early learning bill spurs concerns
PORTLAND – KATU TV
Mission Education: Oregon dives into reform “Your Voice Your Vote”
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Forest Grove schools superintendent Yvonne Curtis helps shape Oregon's future
Oregon falls mostly in middle of the pack in national tax rankings
Prospects excellent that governor's plan for 'achievement compacts' will become law
PolitiFact-Oregon: Cannon gets the connection between reading and crime right
Oregon's test question: Who rules universities? (Editorial)
Helping school districts: Some tips for education czar (Guest commentary)
School reform: Real work begins after feds reject Oregon's plans (Columnist)
Public engagement and education excellence (Syndicated column, online only)
Take education off the menu (editorial)
SALEM – STATESMAN-JOURNAL
Mentoring pays off for Salem-Keizer teachers
Revolutionary education reforms … that aren't (Guest commentary)
EDUCATION WEEK
Preschool Assessments: A Look Across the States
Flunking 3rd Graders is Not an Intervention (Commentary)
Data Tools Aim to Predict Student Performance
NEW YORK TIMES
For Poorer Students, an Attempt to Let New Experiences Guide Learning
White House Proposes $5 Billion in Grants to Overhaul Teaching
Beyond SATs, Finding Success in Numbers
February 10
ALBANY – THE DEMOCRAT-HERALD
Editorial: More 'control and direction'
Editorial: Take a look at a 'compact'
EUGENE - THE REGISTER-GUARD
It's time to abandon No Child Left Behind (Guest Commentary by Supt. Nancy Golden)
OPB RADIO
Board Considers Changes To How State Approaches Education
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Sweeping changes to Oregon's early childhood programs would start with small steps
Panel endorses governor's plan to require schools and colleges to sign outcome-focused 'achievement compacts' (Web story, full story runs 2/13)
More Oregon students take Advanced Placement exams before graduation
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber testifies (again) before the 2012 Legislature, takes on one of Salem's most powerful lobbyists
PSU, OSU and Warner College join with Jefferson High School to ease path to college for kids
SALEM- STATESMAN-JOURNAL
Achievement compacts will aid students
Family commissions hope services survive cuts
TIGARD – THE TIMES
My view: Support Oregon’s achievement compacts (Guest Opinion by Supt. Rob Saxton)
EDUCATION WEEK
Ten States Get NCLB Waivers, New Mexico Has to Wait
Secretary Arne Duncan Talks Hispanic Education
The Challenge of Teaching Higher-Order Skills
Who Is Responsible for Student Achievement? (Commentary)
NEW YORK TIMES
Reining In College Tuition
Student Assessments Facing Stiff Backlash in Texas
Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Show
PBS NEWS HOUR
New Study Gauges Teachers Impact on Students’ Lifetime Earnings
SACRAMENTO BEE
Jerry Brown's call for fewer school tests conflicts with state's new education blueprint
February 3
ALBANY – DEMOCRAT-HERALD
Grading the teachers
Editorial: Children need time to play
BEND – THE BULLETIN
Editorial: Good changes in early childhood proposals
CORVALLIS - CORVALLIS GAZETTE-TIMES
Graduation rates in state, county need work (Editorial)
EUGENE – REGISTER-GUARD
100 percent a distant goal | Oregon wants every student to finish high school (Editorial)
Eugene's Halls of Not Learning | In a district short of funds for more teachers, a majority of students have idle hours to fill outside full classrooms
HILLSBORO – THE ARGUS
PCC, PSU enter admissions agreement
Looking at an education system in crisis (Guest Commentary)
LA GRANDE - THE OBSERVER
Education legislation focuses on improving early childhood services
MEDFORD – THE MAIL-TRIBUNE
State's No Child waiver request relies on student database
OPB NEWS
New Study: Chronic School Absences Lead To Long Term Academic Problems
PORTLAND MONTHLY
The Long View: Few stories embody the can-do Oregon spirit needed to jump-start the state’s schools more than the Gladstone Center for Children and Families.
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Education reform: Roosevelt's rise makes case for No Child waiver (Guest Commentary by Supt. Carole Smith)
Oregon students show startling rate of absenteeism
Behind Portland's dropout rate (Editorial)
Oregon colleges and universities comb community colleges for transfer students
PORTLAND - PORTLAND TRIBUNE
PCC, PSU renew 'streamlined' co-admission agreement
School sanctions will leave students behind (Guest opinion)
SALEM – STATESMAN-JOURNAL
Bold ideas for health care, education (Editorial)
Legislature to consider bills that will tie school funding to key goals
Governor's overhaul seeks to consolidate groups serving youths
One in 4 public school students chronically absent
EDUCATION WEEK
What Works in School Turnarounds?
States Mulling Creativity Indexes for Schools
Analysis Raises Questions About Rigor of Teacher Tests
Some States Prodding Students to Graduate Early
THE NATION
Why Is Congress Redlining Our Schools?
NEW YORK TIMES
The True Cost of High School Dropouts
Obama Wades Into Issue of Raising Dropout Age
SEATTLE TIMES
Higher-ed woes tied to state 'leadership vacuum'
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EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD
GUEST VIEWPOINT: More testing will erode real education further
LAKE OSWEGO REVIEW
Give Oregon a better way to judge schools
LUND REPORT OF OREGON
Investing in Early Child Development Improves Health Outcomes
MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE and ASHLAND TIDINGS
Schools want answers on No Child Left Behind
What's the hurry? Oregon's application for a No Child Left Behind waiver seems rushed
OPB RADIO
New Report: Oregon Latinos Face Major Inequities
PORTLAND – THE OBSERVER
Proven Educators Not Called Upon (Guest opinion)
PORTLAND -- THE OREGONIAN
Keep school reform moving (Editorial)
Educators, put it in writing: The Governor says having schools pledge goals would ‘connect funding to outcomes
Beaverton School District facing $40 million budget shortfall next school year
PORTLAND – THE TRIBUNE
We must start early to rescue students at risk (Guest commentary by Dick Alexander)
SALEM - STATESMAN JOURNAL
Ahead of the curve: Salem-Keizer graduation rates pass Oregon's
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION
State Funding: A Race to the Bottom
ASSOCIATED PRESS
States weaken teacher tenure rights
EDUCATION WEEK
What Works in School Turnarounds? (Commentary)
Obama Proposes New Race to Top Aimed at Higher Ed.
The Death of Vocational Education and the Demise of the American Middle Class (Opinion)
Finland’s Success is No Miracle
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Brown sharply differs from Obama on education policy
NEW YORK TIMES
Obama to Link Aid for Colleges to Affordability
From Randi Weingarten: Evaluating TeachersMore Agreement Than Disagreement on How to Assess Teachers
January 13
BEND – THE BULLETIN
Oregon wants out of No Child Left Behind
PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL
Kitzhaber touts education, health care in State of the State
PORTLAND -- THE OREGONIAN
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber gets standing ovation, but not everyone is happy with State of the State
Running on empty (Editorial)
Strengthen investment in schools (Guest commentary, online)
Eugene education center gets grant to help students find path to college
Seeking more clout, Oregon School Boards Association ousts top two employees
Oregon seeks OK to judge schools on overall performance, not success with small groups that typically struggle
Oregon must prove it can earn a No Child Left Behind waiver (Editorial)
Kitzhaber 3.0: One year into third term, Oregon's governor says he has 'better grasp' of the job
Strengthen investment in schools (Guest commentary by former Hillsboro supt.)
PORTLAND – PORTLAND TRIBUNE
Our Opinion . Give Oregon a better way to judge schools
SALEM – STATESMAN-JOURNAL
School boards need better leadership (Editorial on OSBA)
Shakeup at Oregon School Boards Association sends warning to others (editorial)
MEDFORD -- KTVL
Oregon looks to bypass No Child Left Behind
BEND - KTVZ
Kitzhaber Pitches Health, Education Overhauls
ASSOCIATED PRESS
‘No Child Left Behind’ law’s promise falls short after 10 years
THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
Are value-added measures accurate?
EDUCATION WEEK
Some States Skeptical of NCLB Waivers
Biden and Duncan Push for Need to Keep College Affordable
Study: Underutilized Young Adults Cost Society Trillions
LA TIMES
Updated teacher observations key to improvement, report says
NEW YORK TIMES
Op-Ed Columnist: A Poverty Solution That Starts With a Hug The American Academy of Pediatrics is warning that a harsh early environment can lay the groundwork for lifelong achievement gaps, health problems and poverty.
The Value of Teachers (Column)
Texas Educators Encourage More Two-Year College Degrees and Vocational Training Texas leaders hope to make college educations more relatable to the real-life job market and encourage higher enrollment in two-year institutions.
January 6
EUGENE – REGISTER-GUARD
Oregon seeking ‘No Child’ waiver
FOREST GROVE – NEWS-TIMES
Factions come together to stage ‘education visioning series’
MEDFORD – MAIL TRIBUNE
Kitzhaber taps Marlene Yesquen for education council
Factory model of education shortchanges preschoolers (Guest commentary)
OPB Radio
Oregon Unveils Draft Of No Child Left Behind Waiver Application
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Class will be in session (Editorial)
A year to shift Oregon into gear (Editorial)
Oregon schools need clarity (Editorial)
Helping Oregon kids succeed: State's early childhood services overdue for changes (Guest column)
Sweeping education reform? Try five simple whys (Guest column)
Portland schools see more children slipping from middle-class to hungry
Oregon loses out again on federal Race to the Top money but comes closer this time
SALEM – STATESMAN-JOURNAL
Improving education will take commitment (Commentary)
Online schools panel fizzles without proposal
Oregon hopes for schools waiver from feds
BUSINESS INSIDER
The Real Problem With Our Education System Is The Way We Talk About It
THE ECONOMIST
University challenge Slim down, focus and embrace technology: American universities need to be more businesslike
EDUCATION WEEK
In RTI Era, is Federal Special Education Law Out of Date?
More Districts Sending Teachers Into Students' Homes
'Strong Evidence' of Link Between Physical Activity, Academic Success
INSIDE HIGHER ED
Performance Anxiety (Performance funding of colleges/universities in Indiana)
NEW YORK TIMES
Teacher Evaluations Dispute Imperils Grants for Schools (New York City)
Students of Virtual Schools Are Lagging in Proficiency
Big Pay Days in Washington D.C. Schools’ Merit System
Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain Effects on students’ lives beyond academics, in areas as varied as teenage-pregnancy and adult earnings, are cited.
RETHINKING SCHOOLS
Special Issue: The School-to-Prison Pipeline
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
Online school helps grown-ups finish college (text), audio link (Western Governors University)
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ALBANY - ALBANY DEMOCRAT-HERALD
Hamann outlines LBCC goals
BEND – KTVZ TV
Education Proposals to 2012 Legislature Outlined
HOOD RIVER—THE HOOD RIVER NEWS
Education advisor brings Governor's vision to the Valley
ONTARIO - ARGUS OBSERVER
EOU provost visit focuses on partnerships in Malheur County (Eastern Promise)
PORTLAND – THE BUSINESS JOURNAL
Education a hot topic at Oregon Leadership Summit
Federal education grant skips Oregon
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Oregon spent more than $1 of every $3 in state funds on education in 2010, a typical rate, feds say
Oregon again misses out on federal Race to the Top money
SALEM - STATESMAN JOURNAL
Oregon passed over for early learning grant
WASHINGTON STATE – ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gov. Gregoire proposes changing the way teachers are evaluated
Gregoire proposes tough teacher tests: She links sales tax hike to evaluation plan
EDUCATION NEXT
In Praise of Performance Pay—for Online Learning Companies
EDUCATION WEEK
How Do We Train Teachers in Formative Assessment?
An Insider's Guide to the 11 NCLB Waiver Plans
Long-Term ELLs More Likely to Drop Out, Study Finds
Medicaid Eats Up More of State Budgets, While Education Slips
TNTP to Incorporate Student Surveys into Evaluations (the New Teacher Project)
NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION
U.S. compares favorably on hours spent in school
NEW YORK TIMES
Berkeley Increasing Aid to Middle-Class Students
TIME MAGAZINE
George W. Bush Looks Forward After No Child Left Behind
WASHINGTON POST
Report busts myth that U.S. class time is much lower than that of high-performing nations
5 ways to save American education (Commentary)
December 13
ALBANY – DEMOCRAT-HERALD
More red tape for schools?
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Business officials push tax overhaul at summit
EUGENE – REGISTER-GUARD
Kitzhaber has ambitious streamlining plan
A super-superintendent: Governor reveals plans for top education official (Editorial)
PORTLAND – BUSINESS JOURNAL
Leadership Summit: Kitzhaber 'optimistic' about Oregon
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Early childhood services: Oregon should ID problems before listing solutions (Guest commentary)
Oregon schools to stop retesting students who've already passed state tests
The rise and fall of Richard Lariviere, University of Oregon president, fired on Monday
Multnomah Education Service District's Reconnection Centers offer another chance for dropouts
Keep focus on higher education reform (Guest commentary)
U.S. education: Money remains the deciding factor (Guest commentary)
The other four-year degree (Apprenticeship) (Guest commentary)
Oregon's strange stew: There are better ways to organize higher education (Guest commentary)
SALEM – OREGON CAPITOL NEWS (BLOG)
Kitzhaber looks to further reform education system in Oregon
SALEM - STATESMAN JOURNAL
Study: Oregon has highest portion of homeless children
ATLANTA – JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Georgia to require students to pick career path
THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
What common core standards means for preschools
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
At White House Meeting on Affordability, a Call for Urgency, Innovation, and Leadership
EDSOURCE BLOG
Income Achievement Gap Twice as Large as Black-White Achievement Gap
EDUCATION WEEK
High School Test Terrain Shifting From Exit Exams to College-Readiness
Teacher Evaluations Key to State Chances for NCLB Waivers
Most Teachers See the Curriculum Narrowing, Survey Finds
Better Teachers, Common Curriculum Are Hallmarks of Finnish Schools
The Teaching Evaluation Gap: Why students' cultural identities hold the key (Commentary)
NEA Stakes a Claim in Teacher Effectiveness Debate
Common Core Poses Challenges for Preschools
THE NATION
Restoring Our Schools (Commentary)
NEW YORK TIMES
How to Rescue Education Reform (Commentary)
White House Pushes for Weighing Race in Admissions
Daphne Koller: Technology as a Passport to Personalized Education
The Unaddressed Link Between Poverty and Education (Commentary)
Online Schools Score Better on Wall Street Than in Classrooms
From Finland, an Intriguing School-Reform Model
RETHINKING SCHOOLS BLOG
Taking Teacher Quality Seriously: A Collaborative Approach to Teacher Evaluation
SCHOOLS MATTER
A Nation's Education Left Behind (Commentary)
TIME MAGAZINE
Why Are the Rich So Interested in Public-School Reform?
WASHINGTON POST
Choking on the Common Core Standards (Commentary)
U.S. school excuses challenged (Commentary)
December 2
ALBANY – DEMOCRAT-HERALD
A big mistake in higher ed (Editorial)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kitzhaber backs independent university boards
Higher ed board look ahead after Lariviere ousterLariviere's ouster widens rift between UO, state board
COOS BAY - THE WORLD
A lesson on American education (Guest Commentary)
CORVALLIS – GAZETTE-TIMES
Elite faculty join OSU this fall
EUGENE – REGISTER-GUARD
Education shake-up starts in earnest
What next for UO?: Kitzhaber and his new board must provide direction
Now, repair damage to UO: Governor and chancellor must commit to excellence (Editorial)
State needs to be spared from OUS board’s poor decisions (Guest commentary)
ONTARIO - ARGUS OBSERVER
OHS Principal LaFountaine busy with state NCLB waiver committee work
PORTLAND - PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL
Report card: Oregon schools struggle to meet federal targets
PORTLAND - PORTLAND TRIBUNE
Survey helps shape state's waiver of federal school law
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Get ready for an early start (Editorial)
Oregon to seek powerful 'chief education officer' to revamp preschool, public schools, colleges
Hillsboro teacher tries to save the last auto shop program in the district
Half of black children in Oregon live in poverty, new census data shows
Rising child poverty in Portland area exacerbates differences between have and have-not school districts
Educational reform: Standardized tests not the way to inspire learning (Guest commentary)
Higher ed needs more than a new UO president (Editorial)
Firing Lariviere (Editorial)
On day Lariviere is fired, Oregon higher ed advocates say state system drags down UO
PORTLAND - PORTLAND TRIBUNE
District, union blaze a trail to teacher improvement (PPS)
Students lose individual attention as class sizes swell across the metro area
Literacy leaps into action in Beaverton schools through Arts for Learning program
PRINEVILLE - CENTRAL OREGONIAN
Improving student achievement with CLASS
Leading English language learning
SALEM - STATESMAN JOURNAL
Salem-Keizer budget cuts swell class sizes
Impact of Salem-Keizer school budget cuts far-reaching
EDUCATION WEEK
Poverty Matters (Commentary) Survey Shows Nearly All States Can Track Data on Students
NCLB Waiver Plans Offer Hodgepodge of Grading Systems
Study Links Academic Setbacks to Middle School Transition
States' ESEA Waiver Bids Murky on Teacher Evaluations
Middle Schoolers Getting Prepped for College
New Study on Hispanic Achievement Paints Stark Picture
HUFFINGTON POST
Student Achievement: Should Schools Alone Be Held Accountable?
NEW YORK TIMES
Principals Protest Increased Use of Test Scores to Evaluate Educators
Duncan Calls for Urgency in Lowering College Costs
Lines Grow Long for Free School Meals, Thanks to Economy (Interactive map)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
Where Were Penn State's Trustees? (Commentary)
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US CENSUS
Issues brief, “Child Poverty in the United States 2009 and 2010: Selected Race Groups and Hispanic Origin.” pdf
CORVALLIS – GAZETTE-TIMES
OSU-city team expects action by next fall
PORTLAND – OREGONIAN
One year later: Oregon still must confront three main challenges (Commentary, Chris Dudley)
Lariviere out at UO; his vision didn't match with Kitzhaber's (Columnist)
University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere expresses disappointment at having to go
Oregonians top the nation for food stamp use, new Census data shows
SALEM – STATESMAN-JOURNAL
Oregon Senate approves nominees to education board
NEW YORK TIMES
How About Better Parents? (Commentary) (Note: The column mentions the Center for Public Education’s recent research review on parent involvement, “Back to School: How parent involvement affects student achievement.” Read the full report here.)
Stanford’s Online High School Raises the Bar
Let’s Get Ready Offers Help for College Admissions
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November 18
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Economists downgrade Oregon revenue projections
CORVALLIS - CORVALLIS GAZETTE-TIMES
Connecting through their peers (High school mentoring)
Increasing cost of child care
COTTAGE GROVE - COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
Governor's advisor visits CGHS
EUGENE – REGISTER-GUARD
Education challenge begins A governor’s panel meets Monday to start crafting a plan for higher student achievement with less money
School funding in spotlight
Use facts in debate over education (Guest commentary)
THE COST OF CARE A study finds placing one child in day care costs as much as paying tuition at the University of Oregon
Counties face dire straits if timber payments end
EUGENE – KEZI TV
State Agencies Prepare for Possibility of More Budget Cuts
4J Aims For 100% High School Graduation Rate
MEDFORD – MAIL-TRIBUNE
Ore. Open-Enrollment Law Worries Local Officials (Also in Education Week online)
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Oregon University System enrollment hits record-high 100,000 students
Children First for Oregon reports more children have health care; more also poor and homeless
SALEM – STATESMAN-JOURNAL
Take a fresh look at education in Salem (Editorial)
Finding solutions to fight the achievement gap
Forum draws ideas to help students School district, nonprofit groups work together
Governor's education picks await Senate vote
13 Oregon districts plan to leave ESDs using law
WASHINGTON STATE – ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington superintendents push for shorter school year
EDUCATION WEEK
House Minority Lawmakers Want Subgroup Targets in ESEA Bill
Higher Education Is Goal of GED Overhaul
Rules Raise Bar for Head Start Centers
Education Equality Project, Stand for Children Teaming UpNo More Excuses: We Can Get All Children ReadingNew Attitudes Shaping Labor-District Relations
'Value-Added' Formulas Strain Collaboration
Philanthropy and Schools: An Insider's View (Commentary)
HEALTH NEWS – HEALTHCANAL.COM
Report: Oregon child care costs rising dramatically as wages fail to keep up
NEW YORKER MAGAZINE
Debt By Degrees
NEW YORK TIMES
11 States Seek Relief From ‘No Child’ ProvisionsFirst-Time Foreign Students in U.S. Increased by 8%
Calming Schools Through a Sociological Approach to Troubled Students
Credentials, the Next Generation The “digital badge” aims to provide a platform for lifelong learners to present their story.
Nov. 10, 2011
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Gov. John Kitzhaber, Oregon education leaders push for more college graduates by 2025
Toward more effective and efficient education (Commentary by Randy Hitz, dean of the Graduate School of Education at PSU)
Beaverton School District local option levy fails, schools face deep cuts
ALBANY - DEMOCRAT-HERALD
Four for four (To cope with budget cuts, “More than one-quarter of all Oregon public K-12 school districts — 55 out of 197 — reported being on a four-day academic week as of the 2009-10 school year . . .”)
BEND – KTVZ
Oregon Universities Top 100,000-Student Milestone
COOS BAY – THE WORLD
Online lessons aid North Bend students
EUGENE – THE REGISTER-GUARD
GUEST VIEWPOINT: Republicans continue their war on public education
GUEST VIEWPOINT: State invests in early education
LA GRANDE - THE OBSERVER
Eastern Promise program set in motion at university (InterMountain ESD)
PORTLAND - PORTLAND TRIBUNE
College 'coaches' keep kids on track
SALEM – STATESMAN-JOURNAL
Weight of debt grows for grads Student loans top $25,000 on average for 2010 graduates
Training is key to economic success Salem City Club hears about ways to invest in people, environment
WALDPORT – SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY NEWS
State seeks No Child Left Behind waiver
EDUCATION WEEK
Unleashing Locally Driven Innovation (Commentary)
Because I'm Worth It? (Commentary)
For States, Collaboration Key to NCLB Waivers
NEW YORK TIMES
In Tennessee, Following the Rules for Evaluations Off a Cliff
The Wrong Inequality (Commentary)
BLOOMBERG NEWS
Winds of Economic Change Blow Away College Degree: Peter Orszag
THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE
Chart: One Year of Prison Costs More Than One Year at Princeton
Nov. 4, 2011
ASTORIA – DAILY ASTORIAN
Teachers learn teamwork Astoria School District educators work together to achieve learning targets
BEAVERTON – VALLEY-TIMES
Beaverton schools' Leap Start Program earns innovation award
CORVALLIS – GAZETTE-TIMES
Education goal will test state
Symposium seeks to close education gaps (Same story as above, in Albany Democrat-Herald)
EUGENE – REGISTER-GUARD
Guy Lee rewarded for academic progress
College organization honors LCC chief
FOREST GROVE – NEWS-TIMES
Cornelius, Tom McCall gain federal spotlight for language instruction
MCMINNVILLE – NEWS-REGISTER
TIF draws big teacher turnout
OPB NEWS
15 Full-Time Faculty Laid Off At Clatsop Community College
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Report paints 'An Unsettling Profile' of Native Americans in Multnomah County
Record number of Oregon students proficient enough to move out of English-learning programs
Milwaukie school honored for academic success amid economic disadvantage
North Clackamas School Board members express concern over class sizes
CENTER FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
Starting out right: pre-k and kindergarten: at a glance
TIME MAGAZINE
Who’s Minding the Gap? No Child Left Behind may have been faulty, but we still need to close the achievement gap
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bad news: College costs shift to parents
Poorest poor in US hits new record: 1 in 15 people
NEW YORK TIMES
When School Dropouts Start to Look Like a Budget Blessing
Oligarchy, American Style (Commentary)
U.S. Students’ Math Skills Sharpen, but Reading Lags
EDUCATION WEEK
A Better Turnaround Strategy (Co-authored by Eugene 4J Schools Superintendent Sheldon Berman)
Student Aid Emerges as Hot Political Topic
Study: Pre-K Crucial to Best 3rd Grade Reading Outcomes
NAEP Scores Flat, Sun Rises Again Excellence Without Equity Is Neither (Commentary)
More States Flag Potential Dropouts With Warning Data
Standards: A Critical Need for K-16 Collaboration (Commentary)
WASHINGTON POST
Fixing high school will fix higher education (Ran in Bend Bulletin)
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THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
How does the U.S. compare?
ENTERPRISE – WALLOWA CHIEFTAIN
COMMENTARY: Education reform an economic question (By EOU student)
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
School District Says No To Teacher Bonus Grant (Oregon City, federal Teacher Incentive Fund)
WASHINGTON POST
Study raises questions about virtual schools
NEW YORK TIMES
The Wrong Fix for No Child Left Behind
The revised No Child Left Behind law would allow states to ignore educational failure.
Senate Panel Advances ‘No Child’ Law Rewrite
Anger over the Obama administration’s No Child Left Behind waiver plan prodded lawmakers to approve a bill that would greatly reduce Washington’s role in overseeing public schools.
CUNY Offers Intensive Remediation Program
The City University of New York has started a program offering intensive remedial instruction for reading, writing and math.
EDUCATION WEEK
Common Core Found to Rank With Respected Standards
Innovation Criteria Is a Model for Feds (Six new grant programs related to workforce education, early childhood home visits and more are modeled after Investing in Innovation (i3) grants)
The Wrong Education Problems Are Being Solved
Study: States' Teacher-Evaluation Policies Are A-Changin' (Commentary)
Scholars Put Civics in Same Category as Literacy, Math College-ready, career-ready … and citizenship-ready?
Common Core Accelerates Interest in Online PD
NAEP's Odd Definition of Proficiency
October 21
ASTORIA - DAILY ASTORIAN
College and high schools' partnership offers dual credits
EUGENE – THE WEEKLY
Reforming Education Reform: Teachers fight Wall Street/politicians’ war on schools
GRESHAM - THE OUTLOOK
Education Secretary gets earful from public school advocates
LAGRANDE – THE OBSERVER
Parent believes LHS students should receive more high school credit for college-level classes
PENDLETON – THE EAST OREGONIAN
Education adviser visits Umatilla schools
PORTLAND – OREGONLIVE.COM
We should all have a say in school change (Commentary on The Oregonian's "The Stump" website)
SISTERS - THE NUGGET
ASPIRE program beats the budget ax
NEW YORK TIMES
To fix inequality in America, occupy the classroom (Commentary)
A Progressive in the Age of Austerity (Commentary)
Lessons From New Orleans
College Diversity Nears Its Last Stand
Bronx Bureaucrat Gets Things Done by Leaving His Desk
EDUCATION WEEK
Key Ed. Groups to Harkin: Let's Slow Down on ESEA
Senate Education Panel Approves ESEA Overhaul
The Advantages of Alternative Certifications for Students (Commentary)
Will Interim Testing Be More Useful for Accountability, Instruction? (Commentary)
Raise Teacher Ed. Standards, State School Boards Group Says
October 14
NEW YORKER MAGAZINE
Personal Best Top athletes and singers have coaches. Should you? (About professionals who have coaches to bring out their best, including teachers)
ST AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA – THE RECORD
State sets tougher Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten standards
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
As standards rise, Oregon school ratings show decline (School and district report cards)
PORTLAND – PORTLAND TRIBUNE
Secretary of education comes to town as state focuses on schools
It's time to leave school law behind (Editorial)
PORTLAND – BUSINESS JOURNAL
Fed economist: Investing in poor kids pays off
PORTLAND – BLUE OREGON (Web post based on speech at Lewis and Clark School of Education)
Message to Governor Kitzhaber: The road to excellence in education begins with poverty reduction
EUGENE – REGISTER-GUARD
Lessons in survival: Homeless students struggle with obstacles on and off campus, and their numbers are growing
Public education's No. 1 problem: Lack of accountability (Guest commentary)
GRESHAM - THE OUTLOOK
Standardized tests never right way to judge schools (Editorial)
LAKE OSWEGO - LAKE OSWEGO REVIEW
We are not saddened to see Oregon gain flexibility with NCLB (Editorial)
MCMINNVILLE - NEWS-REGISTER
Districts opting out of ESDs may find flexibility, efficiency. (Editorial)
ROSEBURG News- Review: County summit touts investment in children
KPIC: Governor lays out early childhood ed. plan
OPB RADIO
Students Get 'Double Dose' Of Subjects They Find Difficult (Jefferson County)
NEW YORK TIMES
Incentives for Advanced Work Let Pupils and Teachers Cash In
On Education: North Carolina Turns Its Best Students Into Good Teachers
Improving No Child Left Behind (Editorial)
The University of Wherever Can technology provide an elite education for the masses?
Changes Proposed for Reporting by Teacher Education Programs (News brief)
EDUCATION WEEK
Better Data Urged to Link K-12 and Postsecondary
Helping Rural Students Leap Cultural Hurdles to College
Teacher Induction Advocates Extol ... Teacher Induction
Momentum Builds for Teacher Education Overhaul
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS (Blog)
Take Your Time Why States Should Use Education Waivers to Increase Learning Time
ASTORIA - THE DAILY ASTORIAN
Federalism coerced in education (Column by George Will)
October 7
US SECRETARY OF EDUCATION ARNE DUNCAN (Speech to the Oregon Business Association)
A Tale of Two Theories of Education and Economic Growth.
CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC EDUCATION
Choosing the wrong drivers for whole system reform, by Michael Fullan.
EDUCATION WEEK
Subgroup Accountability at Issue in ESEA Renewal
Will NCLB Rewrite Have the Teeth to Improve Schools? (Commentary)
NCLB Waivers' Flexibility on Tutoring Pleases Districts, Worries Industry
Majority of States Say They'll Seek Waivers Under NCLB
Evidence-Based Reform in England
Getting Serious About Teacher Evaluation (Commentary)
The Truth About Testing Costs (Commentary)
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
University of Oregon pay raises catch the eyes of faculty at other state campuses
Oregon needs No Child Left Behind waiver (Commentary by legislators Mark Johnson and Betty Komp)
U.S. education secretary sticks by charter schools, measuring teachers by student results
OPB RADIO
Different Audiences, Reactions, For Education Secretary
NEW YORK TIMES
Senator Harkin’s Bill Would Revamp No Child Left Behind Law
Squeezed Out in India, Students Turn to United States
CORVALLIS - CORVALLIS GAZETTE-TIMES
School report cards tell only part of the tale (Editorial)
EUGENE - THE REGISTER-GUARD
School grades failing (Editorial)
FLORENCE - SIUSLAW NEWS
Superintendent weighs in on education reform
SCAPPOOSE - THE SOUTH COUNTY SPOTLIGHT
No Child Left Behind is best left behind (Editorial)
SPRINGFIELD TIMES
Hamlin [Middle School] students get to learn about science at UO
OUR OREGON - BLOG
For-Profit Education: The Thieves in Teachers’ Clothing
EDUCATIONNEXT (Journal out of Harvard Kennedy School and Stanford)
Academic Value of Non-Academics
FORDHAM INSTITUTE - “FLYPAPER” Blog
Accountability’s End?
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NEW YORK TIMES
College Graduation Rates Are Stagnant Even as Enrollment Rises, a Study FindsRead the results for Oregon
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Complete College America: Most students entering Oregon community colleges and universities fail to earn degrees
PORTLAND TRIBUNE
Most Oregon kids don't get head start they need (David Douglas School)
Kitzhaber, Castillo ready to take advantage of education flexibility plan
GRESHAM – THE OUTLOOK (Also ran in Portland Tribune)
College's new center gives Head Start to local children
SALEM – STATESMAN-JOURNAL
Salem-Keizer schools' budget to keep focus on results policy
Capitol Watch (Peter Wong’s commentary on the OEIB nomination process and Sen. Atkinson’s comments on Republicans and education reform.)
EUGENE – REGISTER-GUARD
EDITORIAL: Leaving ‘Left Behind’ Schools get relief from the No Child Left Behind Act
LEBANON - LEBANON EXPRESS
Kids prepare for college early
HERMISTON - THE HERMISTON HERALD
Program helps students pay for college MESA recruiting high school sophomores
COOS BAY – THE WORLD
Preserve school accountability (Editorial on NCLB)
PORTLAND - THE OREGONIAN
Oregon's homeless student population continues to increase
Finding those who can pay full tuition (Editorial)
OPB RADIO
Ben Cannon, the Governor’s Education Policy Advisor, and Gail Rasmussen, president of the Oregon Education Association participated in the Think Out Loud interview program. (You may stream the programs or download them as an mp3).
EDUCATION WEEK
How Education "Miracles" Mislead (Editorial)
Teachers Paid Less in Higher-Minority Schools
Study: Suburban Districts Falter in Global CompetitivenessEducation Innovation: What It Is and Why We Need More of It (Opinion by Asst Deputy Secretary of US DOE) “[T]he total cost of producing each successful high school and college graduate has increased substantially over time instead of decreasing. . .”
Eight Practices Set the Best Expanded Learning Schools Apart
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Increasing number of homeless students in Oregon
Record number of foreign students at Ore. schools
NEW YORK TIMES
A Better Way to Fix No Child Left Behind (Op-Ed by Sen. Lamar Alexander)
Assessments of Chicago Schools Are Flawed, Report Says A discouraging new University of Chicago study on academic performance across three eras of reform efforts contradicts impressions created by Chicago Public Schools testing data.
WEST LINN - WEST LINN TIDINGS
Practicing what he preaches: WLHS social studies teacher to work with new state board (Todd Jones)
September 23
THE ECONOMIST
The great schools revolution Education remains the trickiest part of attempts to reform the public sector. But as ever more countries embark on it, some vital lessons are beginning to be learned
NEW YORK TIMES
What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? Why our children’s success — and happiness — may depend less on perfect performance than on learning how to deal with failure.
SALEM – STATESMAN JOURNAL
Senate ready to vote on health board nominees (delays vote on OEIB)
STATE OF OREGON (news releases)
Gov. Kitzhaber’s Statement on NCLB Waivers
State Superintendent Castillo Joins President Obama for Education Announcement
SALEM – STATESMAN JOURNAL
President to offer bypass to federal school law
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
Obama offers plan to improve schools, bypass gridlocked Congress
EDUCATION WEEK
Obama Administration Sets Rules for NCLB Waivers
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Obama Rewrites 'No Child' Law
NEW YORK TIMES
Obama to Waive Parts of No Child Left Behind
SALEM – STATESMAN-JOURNAL
Bridging the gap between preschool and kindergarten
OREGON DEPT OF EDUCATION (News Release)
CTE Grant Committee to Begin Its Work
PENDLETON – EAST OREGONIAN
University presidents applaud Kitzhaber's education plan
EDUCATION WEEK
Colleges Try to Unlock Secrets to Student Retention
Romney, Perry Clash Over Race to the Top
Early Achievers Losing Ground, Study Finds
Study: First-Year Teacher Attrition May Approach 10%
Education Economist Among MacArthur 'Genius' Grantees
Senate Panel Votes to Freeze Funding for Key K-12 Programs
BLOOMBERG NEWS
Charters often shun special-needs kids
NEW YORK TIMES
New ‘School Trigger’ Laws Take Parent Engagement to a New Level
New Center Will Develop Teaching Tools (National research center)
Universities Seeking Out Students of Means
(Read the survey of the senior admissions officials.)
DC – Daily Caller
New Research: School Choice Has Positive Impact On College Achievement Gap
MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO
State Audit Finds Lower Completion Rates, More Dropouts Among Full-Time Online Students
LOS ANGELES – LA TIMES
Op-Ed: Moving beyond 'blame the teacher'
TENNESSEE – Marshall County Tribune
Conference: In blended learning pilot, teachers watch progress in real time, quickly respond to struggling students (NOTE: About combining teachers/coaches in the classroom with digital learning on computers)
September 16
WASHINGTON POST
U.S. falls in global ranking of young adults who finish college
NEW YORK TIMES
Spending Inequity in Colleges Has RisenWith Bipartisan Support, Law on Expansion of Charter Schools Passes the House
Pay for Only 4 Years of College. Guaranteed.
EDUCATION WEEK
Census: Education Has Greater Effect on Earnings than Race, Gender
SAT Scores: A Gauge of College Readiness?
Who Is Your Chief State School Officer?
Common-Standards Implementation Slow Going, Study Finds
US CENSUS BUREAU
Half of Young Children in the U.S. are Read to at Least Once a Day, Census Bureau Reports
Reading Activity has Increased Among Children in Low-Income Families
RHODE ISLAND – PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
State mulls new teacher licensing
SEATTLE TIMES
School experts in Seattle discuss online learning
GRANTS PASS - THE DAILY COURIER
Kitzhaber aims to lift education, not bog down in funding debate (Opinion)
PORTLAND – THE OREGONIAN
This round, Oregon trains for Race for the Top (Commentary, David Sarasohn)
PORTLAND - PORTLAND TRIBUNE
Kitzhaber promises to seek waiver from No Child Left Behind
Guest Opinion: School reforms must fight students’ poverty My View • Graduation rates don’t mean much if children are too hungry to learn
SPRINGFIELD TIMES
Governor uses Springfield address to give education vision
Governor, Golden share spotlight in State of the Schools address
CHILDREN FIRST FOR OREGON
CENSUS POVERTY DATA SHOWS DIRE IMPLICATIONS FOR OREGON’S CHILDREN
(Many news outlets covered the Census release of poverty information this week. Children First’s take on the numbers focused on child poverty, which is why I include it. State-by-state figures will be released 9/22.)
BLUE OREGON (blog)
Gov. Kitzhaber announces ambitious plan education for Oregon
September 9
EDUCATION WEEK
Teacher Collaboration: The Missing Link in School Reform?
Linking Student Data to Teachers a Complex Task, Experts Say
Obama Calls for $60 Billion to Save Teacher Jobs, Fix Schools
FORBES MAGAZINE
The Single Best Idea for Reforming K-12 Education (Commentary)
I have been asked for my “single best idea for reforming K-12 education”. When you only have one shot, you want to make it count. So I thought I would share my idea here, in case anyone has a brighter insight. Root cause: factory model of management
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
The College For-profits Should Fear: By offering adults an education that is faster, cheaper, and better than the likes of Kaplan, Phoenix, or Capella, the nonprofit Western Governors University just might eat their lunch.
“WGU’s answer to the status quo is to offer a degree that is based on competency rather than time. By gathering information from employers, industry experts, and academics, Western Governors formulates a detailed, institution- wide sense of what every graduate of a given degree program needs to know. Then they work backward from there, defining what every student who has taken a given course needs to know. As they go, they design assessments—tests—of all those competencies. . . . ”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
(Story ran in Pendleton’s East Oregonian, Bend Bulletin, Coos Bay, Ashland, other news outlets)
Kitzhaber says outdated education system needs change
PORTLAND -- THE OREGONIAN
Gov. John Kitzhaber unveils schools plan with focus on individuals, flexibility
The price of overhauling education (Editorial)
EUGENE – REGISTER-GUARD
GOVERNOR’S GOALS: Kitzhaber outlines plan for a more integrated education system
Governor seeking cooperation over school reform
D-Day for Oregon schools (Editorial)
ALBANY – DEMOCRAT-HERALD
Editorial: Fine phrases; now what?
EUGENE - KEZI TV
Governor Kitzhaber Gives State of the Schools Address | KEZI
PORTLAND - TRIBUNE
Kitzhaber promises to seek waiver from No Child Left Behind
OPB RADIO
Teachers Give Mixed Reviews To Kitzhaber's Speech
Political Chat: Governor Kitzhaber Gives A Back-To-School Speech (Jeff Mapes, Bill Lunch Friday political chat)
LA GRANDE - THE OBSERVER
Monday sessions designed to allow teachers to expand skills, knowledge
THE OREGONIAN
School job losses help stymie Oregon's economic recovery (AP version ran in many papers)
Crowded Portland-area classrooms force teachers to cope so students can learn
Public schooling in a time of fewer and fewer dollars (Editorial)
New school year brings cheaper Internet access for poor families, pilot iPad program in Portland schools
Alder Elementary in east Portland poised to launch 'I Have a Dream' School
September 1
HILLSBORO – ARGUS
Curtis nominated to state education board
PENDLETON - EAST OREGONIAN
Mulvihill a voice for rural schools
SAN FRANCISCO -- KQED
Should Students Advance At Their Own Pace? That might happen soon in Oregon's public schools if Senate Bill 909 unfolds as planned. Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber usher a group of education bills . . . (The KQED story referred to an earlier Oregonian story, so here’s that article.)
PORTLAND -- THE OREGONIAN
Oregon education reform bills aim to create more flexible, individualized public schools(July 10, 2011)
Intel CEO Paul Otellini and Energy Secretary Steven Chu herald science education at Portland State
Oregon school testing: Better math scores despite harder tests
The Fraying of Oregon's Middle Class
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nearly 7,000 Ore. seniors have failed reading test
COOS BAY - THE WORLD
On the brink of failure (Opinion)
(Two of many articles discussing the entering seniors who have not passed the OAKS reading test to earn their diploma.)
THE SKANNER - Portland
Race in the Classroom: An Interview with Dyan Watson(A graduate of Jefferson High and now parent in the same neighborhood, Dr. Watson is an asst professor at Lewis and Clark School of Education.)
EDUCATION WEEK
Feds Loosen Rules on Cutting Special Ed. Spending School districts that want to reduce special education spending from one year to the next without restoring what was cut now have the blessing of the U.S. Department of Education.
A Teacher Finds Good in Testing (Commentary)
Assessment Consortium Releases Math Content Specifications (SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium includes Oregon)
Virtual Ed. Seeks Right Fit for Special Populations
High School Shortchanged Us, Students Report
ELL Assessment: One Size Does Not Fit All (Commentary)
NEW YORK TIMES
California Dream Act Near Approval
A Blockage on Teacher Evaluations
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