Category SCHOOLS
District leaders say Oregon school reform plan gets the details wrong
Salem-Keizer Superintendent Andrea Castañeda is among the school district leaders who say an ambitious state education accountability effort needs significant changes to work as intended.
Oregon’s Rayfield joins Democratic attorneys general suing Trump over U.S. Education Department layoffs
A group of 21 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration Thursday over the U.S. Education Department’s efforts this week to cut more than 1,300 employees.
Benefit concert to help McKay students pay for lessons, Chicago field trip
On March 21, the McKay High School Chamber Orchestra will play alongside Oregon Symphony violists to raise money for private lessons, instrument repairs and an upcoming trip to play in Chicago.
UPDATED: School board extends Superintendent Andrea Castañeda’s contract for 3 years
School board members will also vote Tuesday on statements supporting city of Salem and Chemeketa Community College property tax measures in the May election.
State education officials would have power to intervene in struggling schools under governor’s plan
Gov. Tina Kotek is backing bills to give the Oregon Department of Education control of up to 25% of a school’s budget, require coaches if students chronically struggling.
Need tax help? For North, McKay students, it’s offered during school
Two Salem high schools are participating in a new state program to help teenage workers get tax refunds owed to them. Organizers said many teens don’t realize they’re owed money or think their parents file on their behalf.
Spending on special education in Oregon needs a revamped formula, researchers find
Oregon is one of only seven states that caps funding for special education, and experts say that leaves schools underfunded.
Student who received Oregon grant to boost women employed in trucking says her instructors discriminated against her
A Chemeketa Community College trucking student said that instructors offered less drive time, disparaged drivers of color and women.
“We are not changing anything”: Salem-Keizer superintendent on federal education shifts
The Salem-Keizer School District will not end or rename programs focused on equity or otherwise change operations in response to Trump administration directives that Superintendent Andrea Castañeda described as “legally unclear.”