Oregon

News, analysis, and opinion about K-12 education in Oregon
Students chat in an 8th grade social studies class at Valley Point Middle School in Dalton, Ga. The school’s enrollment shifted to a majority of nonwhite students last school year.
Students chat in an 8th grade social studies class at Valley Point Middle School in Dalton, Ga. The school’s enrollment shifted to a majority of nonwhite students last school year.
Shawn Poynter for Education Week
Equity & Diversity U.S. School Enrollment Hits Majority-Minority Milestone
For the first time, the overall number of Latino, African-American, and Asian students in public K-12 schools is expected to surpass the number of non-Hispanic white students.
Lesli A. Maxwell, August 19, 2014
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11 min read
School & District Management Summer Is Over for Students at Year-Round Schools
Students at year-round schools from North Carolina to Oregon are heading back to class already.
Samantha Stainburn, July 23, 2014
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2 min read
Education Funding Some Oregon Districts Have Worst 'Bang for Educational Buck'
A new report found that rural districts in Oregon are spending high amounts on students yet performing poorly on state exams.
Jackie Mader, July 15, 2014
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1 min read
Education Two States Receive Grants to Reform Discipline Policies
Oregon and Virginia will each receive $5,000 grants to reform school discipline policies in each state, with the goal of making them less punitive and exclusionary.
Alyssa Morones, June 4, 2014
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2 min read
Federal Which NCLB Waiver State Will Be the First to Get Off High-Risk Status?
Arizona, Kansas, Oregon, each had until Thursday to submit a proposal to the U.S. Department of Education addressing the agency's concerns with their waivers.
Alyson Klein, May 5, 2014
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4 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Rural Oregon District Adds Fifth Year of High School, Scholarship Program
Students in rural Gaston County, Ore., can enroll in a fifth year of high school and earn funds for higher education through a new dual-enrollment program.
Jackie Mader, May 1, 2014
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1 min read
Mathematics STEM Hubs Emerge to Bolster Math, Science Ed.
The regional coalitions bring together K-12 schools, universities, businesses, museums, and others to catalyze and better connect STEM education efforts in local communities.
Liana Loewus, April 1, 2014
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6 min read
School & District Management Oregon Cracks Down on Schools That Fail to Meet Instructional-Time Rules
Public high schools in Portland are revising their schedules after the Oregon education agency ruled they are failing to meet the state's requirement for at least 130 instructional hours per course.
Samantha Stainburn, March 19, 2014
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2 min read
Patrick Kilty, a Summit High history teacher, is integrating new digital tools into lessons to develop better ways to generate ongoing feedback about individual student performance.
Patrick Kilty, a Summit High history teacher, is integrating new digital tools into lessons to develop better ways to generate ongoing feedback about individual student performance.
Leah Nash for Education Week
Classroom Technology Testing Digital Tools to Improve Formative Assessments
Summit High School in Oregon is experimenting with a mix of new technologies to build teacher-student feedback loops that help personalize instruction.
Benjamin Herold, March 10, 2014
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10 min read
Science Oregon Becomes Tenth State to Adopt Common Science Standards
Yesterday, the Oregon state board of education voted unanimously to adopt the Next Generation Science Standards.
Liana Loewus, March 7, 2014
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1 min read
School & District Management Achievement, Grad Rate Among Tribal Students of Concern in Oregon
New report on Oregon's tribal students show they start out behind, miss more school, and are more likely to drop out.
Diette Courrégé Casey, February 4, 2014
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2 min read
Standards & Accountability Legal Complaint Claims 'Coercion' in Oregon Common-Core Guidance
The Oregon complaint targets the state school boards association, while a teachers' union in Maryland has also filed a grievance regarding work on common-core aligned curriculum.
Andrew Ujifusa, November 22, 2013
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4 min read
States News About State Education Chiefs: One Elevation, One Nosedive
News on state education chiefs for the week of Sept. 23 included a new Oregon K-12 boss and a skydiving Rhode Island education commissioner.
Andrew Ujifusa, September 27, 2013
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2 min read
States Rudy Crew's Exit and K-12 Finance Shifts Make Waves in Oregon
From teacher evaluations to state K-12 funding and leadership turnover, education has generated several different story lines in 2013.
Andrew Ujifusa, August 15, 2013
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3 min read
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