TOP STORIES: Teaching kids to read, Macy’s history, high school firefighters
This year was my seventh covering local news in Salem, and a busy one for our local schools — the primary topic I cover.
State and district efforts to get more students on track in reading took center stage as Oregon posted among the worst student test scores in the U.S. Local middle and high schools saw the rollout of weapon detection systems followed by strict cellphone bans. Rapidly shifting federal policies, uncertainty over funding…
