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Governor:John Kitzhaber
State Superintendent of Public Instruction:Susan Castillo
Quality Counts state grade:C-
Pre-K-12 enrollment:560,983
Number of school districts:200
Number of public schools:1,296
Number of public school teachers:28,109
Unadjusted education spending per student:$9,268
Percent minority students:33.7%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:49.1%
Percent of students with disabilities:14.1%
Percent of English-language learners:10.3%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:36.6%
8th grade math:32.7%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:30.4%
8th grade reading:32.7%

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Next week, Oregon voters will decide the fate of a proposed constitutional amendment that educators say is a crucial step toward more equitable funding for public schools there.
May 10, 1989 - Education Week
A rash of teenage deaths in automobile accidents and growing concern about the qualifications of instructors have prompted Oregon legislators and education officials to place renewed emphasis on driver-education programs.

Several measures are pending in the Oregon legislature that would mandate driver-training programs for all high-school students.

April 12, 1989 - Education Week
W. Thomas McNeel, West Virginia's state superintendent for the past six years, resigned Dec. 28. He announced that he would take early retirement on June 30, after completing a six-month contract to head a local school district.

West Virginia's early-retirement law, aimed at reducing educational-employment levels in the wake of declining student enrollment, has been used by more than 30 state education officials, including the deputy superintendent.

January 11, 1989 - Education Week
Beer drinkers and cigarette smokers in Oregon are being asked to pay a penny more for their draughts and packs to save the Ducks.

Not the waterfowl, but the Ducks of the University of Oregon and the athletic squads of Oregon's six other state colleges and universities.

November 2, 1988 - Education Week
Oregon's school-finance system produces "great inequities" for both taxpayers and students and requires a "revolutionary" change, a blue-ribbon panel appointed by Gov. Neil Goldschmidt has concluded.
September 14, 1988 - Education Week
Oregon has taken a step toward building an ambitious telecommunications network that would beam educational programs via satellite to schools across the state.
August 3, 1988 - Education Week
Schools in Eugene, Ore., where 1,100 teachers have been been on strike since April 8, reopened last week with licensed substitutes staffing the classrooms.

Meanwhile, a teacher walkout in Homer, Ill., entered its 23rd week. A third strike, in Coos Bay, Ore., ended on April 23, a day after the district and its 213 teachers settled their dispute.

May 6, 1987 - Education Week
Oregon's superintendent of public instruction has reversed his decision to withhold state funds from a school district dominated by members of an Eastern-style religious sect.

The superintendent, Verne A. Duncan, decided on the policy change after a state inspection late last month confirmed that a secondary-level vocational program he said had religious overtones had been removed from the curriculum. Mr. Duncan had charged after an earlier personal visit to the school district that the program was "permeated with religious symbolism."

April 10, 1985 - Education Week
Oregon's superintendent of public instruction has decided to withhold state funds from a school district dominated by members of an Eastern-style religious sect.
March 27, 1985 - Education Week
Gov. Victor G. Atiyeh of Oregon will ask the state legislature for $3.2-billion for general-fund expenditures in his 1985-87 budget request, including $946 million in basic support for the state's elementary and secondary schools.
December 12, 1984 - Education Week

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