Natalie Pate
Natalie Pate is a freelance journalist and author based in Salem, Oregon. She covered education for the Statesman Journal for more than seven years and was the co-founder and lead of the Salem Storytellers Project.
Legislative proposal aims to streamline virtual charter school process
Oregon advocates support House Bill 3204 which is tentatively scheduled for a Senate committee vote this week.
Oregon schools may be required to electronically notify families, employees of threats
AT THE CAPITOL: A legislative proposal would require schools to alert parents, guardians and employees of safety threats. The development comes as a school shooting in Tennessee on Monday, March 27, left seven dead.
Gov. Kotek urges state lawmakers to back literacy initiative
A soon-to-come legislative package rethinks how Oregon teaches its youngest learners to read and write.
Proposals in Oregon Senate aim to ease educator shortage
AT THE CAPITOL: With teachers still in short supply, Oregon legislators are considering easing requirements and boosting pay.
Kotek proposes $13.5 billion for education but critics say more is needed
Experts say the state needs to spend even more to keep Oregon schools running as they are, let alone improve them.