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This year’s OSBA Annual Convention comes at the junction of a transformative year for OSBA and a potentially pivotal school funding debate. It is the perfect time to learn about... Read More

During a packed weekend, the OSBA Board focused on the future and recommitted to the student-centered work ahead. Board President Sami Al-Abdrabbuh compared board work to bricklaying, building “castles of... Read More

The OSBA Board has appointed a public education true believer to lead the association as it charges forward to address issues of students’ needs, school funding, absenteeism and governance accountability.... Read More

Megan Brainard (left) of Sacramento Elementary and Brian Howelton of Prescott Elementary practice techniques to teach early literacy with trainer Rickie Woolley on Aug. 21 during the Parkrose School District’s... Read More

Dufur district nurse Kamala Malcolm gleefully cuts the ribbon officially opening the Dufur school-based health center Aug. 28. School board Chair Robert Wallace (left) and One Community Health Chief Executive... Read More

New federal Title IX regulations that add protections for LGBTQ+ students and staff took effect in Oregon on Aug. 1. The Oregon Department of Education is offering additional training spots... Read More

The governor’s budget is still three months away, but the funding plan is being written in pencil now. After the Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast released Wednesday, Aug. 28, budget... Read More

OSBA and its members are in the thick of a potentially course-changing state school funding debate. OSBA Board elections this year will determine who carries the cause into 2025.  ... Read More

Wallowa County students ages 13-15 plan with Wallowa Resources guides a six-day backpacking trip into the Eagle Cap Wilderness in July that includes setting personal growth goals. The Wallowa County... Read More

Oregon is rumbling with discussions of a seismic shakeup of school funding in the 2025 Legislature. The Oregon PTA is working to inform advocates for those debates through a series... Read More

OSBA Legislative Services Specialist Efren Zamudio led popular discussions Saturday at the OSBA Summer Board Conference on cellphone policies in schools. (Photo by Jake Arnold, OSBA) Marisa Bayouth-Real, a Neah-Kah-Nie... Read More

Every two years, a volunteer group of education system representatives lays out a vision for high-quality Oregon K-12 public schools. Then they put a State School Fund price tag on... Read More

Ashley Allison, Siletz Valley School second grade teacher, reads to Jade Green, a first grader, during summer camp. (Photo by Jake Arnold, OSBA) Siletz Valley School might call it “summer... Read More

The U.S. Education Department is offering a free webinar Thursday, Aug. 1, on the new Title IX rules it will be beginning to enforce. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Assistant... Read More

School leaders must stay current on students’ federal rights, and the government is offering resources to help. The U.S. Education Department will begin enforcing Aug. 1 updated Title IX rules... Read More

Average school district pension rates will continue to creep up next year. Districts with side accounts intended to buffer costs will see the biggest percentage increases, a tough pill to... Read More

The Portland teachers strike starkly demonstrated that Oregon’s 30-year-old means of funding schools was shortchanging students. On Wednesday, Gov. Tina Kotek offered a half-billion-dollar step in the right direction that... Read More

The South Umpqua School District made literacy fun during its summer learning camp with the help of new curriculum materials purchased with its Summer Learning Grant. (Photo by Jake Arnold,... Read More