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Kotek orders new council to investigate quality of reading instruction at Oregon teacher colleges
A new early literacy council will recommend licensing updates to ensure newly-minted educators understand decades of best practices and reading science.
New Willamette ESD superintendent sees career academy, data services as models for Oregon
Joe Morelock comes to the Willamette Education Service District’s top job from Woodburn and was previously fired from the Newberg School District after declining to enforce a policy effectively banning Pride and Black Lives Matter signs from district classrooms.
Committee seeks $1.5m more for teachers, aides in Salem-Keizer budget
Salem-Keizer School District leaders plan to cut some administrative positions next year, anticipating that funding from state legislators won’t meet the level needed to maintain current services. Budget committee members Monday told the district to make deeper administrative cuts to fund a few more classroom positions.
West, South Salem take top honors at state music competitions
High school musicians across the district fared well in choir, band, orchestra and jazz band competitions in May, but years of rebuilding from the pandemic remain ahead.
PHOTOS: Indigenous Salem-Keizer graduates celebrate heritage
Fifty-two Native Education program graduates from around the district were honored Sunday at McNary High School in one of the first ceremonies for the 2023 graduation season.
Students, teachers bake as Salem classrooms hit high 80s
Despite a five-year, $755 million push to renovate and expand district schools, many classrooms still lack air conditioning.
Salem schools drop Covid vaccine requirement for employees, volunteers
Salem-Keizer School District administrators are planning renewed outreach to bring volunteers into schools as a state vaccination requirement lifts at the end of the school year.
UPDATE: Richardson, Chandragiri, Hudson ahead in Salem-Keizer board races
Candidates backed by liberal and progressive groups are winning two of three races, though incumbent board director Satya Chandragiri was behind by just a few hundred votes in an initial ballot count Tuesday night.
ELECTION RESULTS: 2023 Salem-Keizer School board, Polk County levy
Note: The Salem-Keizer School District includes portions of Marion and Polk County. Results below include voters from both counties, so totals will be different than those reported on each county’s elections website. Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241. JUST THE FACTS, FOR SALEM – We report on…