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The federal government provided 14% of Oregon K-12 funding this biennium, according to the Oregon Blue Book. Anything that threatens that funding makes school leaders nervous.   Recent communications from President... Read More

The outlines of Oregon’s 2025-27 state budget were drawn Wednesday. It’s a bigger picture than economists saw in November, good news for education advocates looking for greater investments. The available... Read More

Knappa School District paraprofessional Jenine Rubus helps students in an algebra classroom in November. A quarter of the district’s students require additional supports such as in-classroom assistance. (Photo by Jake... Read More

OSBA staff led a delegation of about a dozen Oregon school board members, including the OSBA Board’s executive officers, to Washington, D.C., for the National School Boards Association Advocacy and... Read More

Summer learning works, according to two Oregon Department of Education reports issued Monday. House Bill 4082 (2024) allotted $30 million for summer learning grants and directed ODE to study the... Read More

Oregon graduation rates are clawing their way back to pre-pandemic levels, according to data for the class of 2024 released Thursday. Disappointing National Assessment of Educational Progress data released this... Read More

The Oregon Department of Education unveiled a new school data dashboard Thursday. ODE designed the Oregon Online Report Card with the aim of making school information more accessible. Users can... Read More

Oregon should be spending $100 million per year by 2030 on summer and after-school learning, an Oregon Department of Education report says. Funding additional learning time, especially in summers and... Read More

Lack of knowledge generally doesn’t hold up as a defense for breaking the law. OSBA has stepped forward to make sure school board members aren’t caught unaware about public meeting... Read More

Grant money is available to start or expand a summer food program. The federal Summer Food Service Program reimburses sponsors for providing healthy food to eligible children, maintaining access to... Read More

Chris Cronin, the 2025 OSBA Board president, spoke at the OSBA Annual Convention in November about community members working together to make the changes they want to see. (Photo by... Read More

The nominating period is open for the 2025 Oregon School Nurse or Nurse Administrator of the Year. The selection committee will evaluate nominees based on standards of practice, care coordination,... Read More

As Oregon districts wrestle with the best ways to handle cellphones in schools, the U.S. Department of Education has some advice.   The Education Department recently published  “Planning Together: A Playbook... Read More

Rep. Courtney Neron, Interim House Education Committee chair, showed deep interest Tuesday in Oregon Department of Education Director Charlene Williams’ testimony about ODE’s new accountability framework. “Accountability” is one of... Read More

Stacy Michaelson says she got into politics because she really wanted to work in education policy. Working for the Multnomah Education Service District, she has cherished being able to advocate... Read More

Emergency subbing for the Long Creek K-3 teacher is just one of many duties Joan Walczyk picks up as she shifts from being a full-time teacher to filling the school... Read More

Gov. Tina Kotek has officially proposed $11.36 billion for the 2025-27 State School Fund, a robust 11% increase from this biennium.  It’s welcome news for education advocates. School leaders, watching... Read More

The Oregon Department of Education paired the release Monday of the 2023-24 Oregon Statewide Report Card with the publication of the Student Educational Equity Development Survey.  The SEED Survey was... Read More