Education in Spotlight on Statewide Ballots
Teacher Brian Squire talks with student Abdi Somow, from Somalia, at Westview High School in Portland, Ore. State voters will decide whether to put strict limits on non-English instruction.
—Photo by Michael Lloyd/The Oregonian
Education issues are poised to break through the din of presidential politics and economic anxiety in more than a dozen states next month, as voters confront ballot questions and constitutional amendments involving K-12 policy and school finance.
High on the list are gambling referendums in six states—Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, and Oregon—that would either create new revenue sources for public schools or alter the flow of gambling-related money earmarked for education.
Aside from the gambling measures, some of the most contentious ballot questions may be in Oregon, where voters are being asked to put strict limits on bilingual education and tie teacher pay raises...
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