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Reading advocates want state literacy funds directed to teacher training, ‘most neglected’ schools
Gov. Tina Kotek proposed an additional $100 million to continue the Early Literacy Success Initiative grants across Oregon schools but some want more targeted spending.
Los líderes del Distrito Escolar de Salem-Keizer describen planes para mejorar la lectura de los estudiantes
Las escuelas ahora tienen mejores datos para ayudar a los maestros a identificar a los estudiantes que necesitan ayuda con la lectura y concentrarse en las habilidades de escritura, dijeron los administradores del distrito a la junta escolar la semana pasada.
Salem-Keizer School District leaders outline plans to improve student reading
Schools are gathering better data to help teachers identify students who need help reading and zeroing in on writing skills, district administrators told the school board during a work session last week.
Feds award Oregon $11.5 million, perhaps millions more to come, to improve literacy instruction
Millions of dollars will be funneled to Oregon school districts through a competitive grant process that's intended to boost the share of students who can read proficiently.
Public invited to comment on revamped literacy standards for Oregon teacher colleges
Gov. Tina Kotek’s literacy council released six proposed literacy standards for universities to meet to prepare future teachers.
With Rotary support, kids living in 97306 can now get free books
A donation from the Creekside Rotary Club of Salem is covering an expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to parts of south Salem. Plans to grow to west Salem and other areas are in the works.
SPECIAL REPORT: Oregon fails to turn page on reading: $250 million spent in 25 years
Many Oregon kids still struggle to read because they are taught using ineffective methods. A special series from the Capital Chronicle examines the state's troubled history of reading instruction.
After more than a decade, state issues new recommendations for how reading should be taught
Oregon's new Early Literacy Framework recommends that instruction be based on years of research and evidence-based instruction rooted in the “science of reading."
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.