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A more-of-the-same Oregon economic forecast will have little immediate impact in an off year of the budget cycle. The report given to the Legislature on Wednesday likely won’t change any... Read More

The current forecast for the short Oregon legislative session, which debuted Monday, Feb. 5, might best be characterized as cloudy with a chance of missed opportunity. Hanging over the session... Read More

The 2024 legislative session opens today, Monday, Feb. 5. With tensions mounting before legislators even entered the building this week, education issues will mostly be on the back burner. The... Read More

Sharmen Tipton, executive assistant and board secretary for the Reedsport School District, has immersed herself in education issues to better understand the board’s and superintendent’s needs. (Photo by Jake Arnold,... Read More

The National School Boards Association Advocacy Institute brought education advocates from around the country to Washington, D.C., Jan. 27-30. Oregon’s delegation included (clockwise from left) OSBA Board President-elect Chris Cronin,... Read More

Public Employees Retirement System rates appear to be creeping up again, bad news for school district budgets. The PERS Board will hear a report from Milliman, the state’s actuary, on... Read More

Before COVID-19 hit in 2020, Oregon had one of the United States’ worst state graduation rates, but it was on an encouraging trajectory of ever-improving results. The pandemic and virtual... Read More

Students’ well-being is a top priority for just about everyone involved in education. PACE Day presents an opportunity to learn more about school and student safety. Registration is open for... Read More

Nicholas Dillon, a senior at Mt. Scott Learning Center, prepares to put his phone in a Yondr pouch after using the device on the wall behind him to unlock it.... Read More

Education service districts can apply this year for the facility assessment grants already available to school districts. The Oregon Department of Education is offering $2.5 million in Technical Assistance Program... Read More

The Ontario School Board livestreams and posts to its district website all its school board meetings. Senate President Rob Wagner would like to require all school boards to do the... Read More

The OSBA Board held a special meeting Thursday to fill four vacant positions. The Board appointed Glenn Wachter of the North Clackamas School District to position 7 (Clackamas region), Clyde... Read More

The modular buildings containing the Gervais Middle School science classrooms lack proper science equipment, bathrooms, a secured entry or covered connections to the rest of the school. The Gervais School... Read More

The Oregon Department of Education is offering up to $20,000 per sponsor to start or expand a summer meal program. The federal Summer Food Service Program reimburses sponsors for healthy... Read More

The OSBA Oregon Rural School Board Members Caucus picked its leaders at its first meeting Tuesday, Jan. 2. The caucus, created by an OSBA member vote in December, has set... Read More

Aloha High School sophomore Ashley Escobar Padilla shares a vision board last month during a Chicas Youth Development Program session. The afterschool and summer program provides support and encouragement for... Read More

Now that school board members say they want an OSBA caucus to represent rural interests, they need board members to voice those needs. In the election period that ended Dec.... Read More

Kelly Douglas received the new title this school year of director of the superintendent’s office, recognizing her cabinet-level work for the West Linn-Wilsonville School District. (Photo courtesy of Kelly Douglas)... Read More