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Education (Crisis) in Oregon

Leaving It Up to the Locals Impedes Oregon’s Much-Needed Reading Recovery: Unlike other states, Oregon funds its 197 school districts but does little to hold them to account for their outcomes

From ‘Almost Brainwashed’ to Pioneer: How one teacher’s struggle to save her son led her to take on Oregon’s reading crisis

Oregon Schools: What Went Wrong?

In Oregon, a push for school accountability comes with emphasis on local control

Oregon’s Education Workforce Climbed While Student Enrollment Slid:
The state added nearly 12,000 employees since 2020, but school districts face layoffs as budget cuts loom

The Oregon Education Association Is Mighty—but Slipping
A loss in court and poor educational outcomes have weakened the union’s standing. It has responded with strikes and primary challenges to Democratic incumbents

Oregon enables students to skip state tests and it’s undermining improvement, experts say

At Oregon’s powerful teachers union, disenchantment with political status quo fuels a vibe shift

Oregon’s near-worst-in-nation education outcomes prompt a reckoning on school spending

Mississippi’s Reading Turnaround Holds Lessons for Oregon

Unprepared: The Broken Pipeline Teaching Oregon’s Teachers. How our education leaders have failed the classroom

Minuscule test score gains signal Oregon faces years of digging out from its post-pandemic academic hole

Oregon schools' pandemic recovery lags behind much of the nation

Oregon Schools: What Went Wrong

Oversight over state literacy grants draws scrutiny from the Secretary of State

Oregon fails to turn page on reading: $250 million spent in 25 years (3-PART SPECIAL REPORT)

A new database to look up K-5 schools’ reading curriculum is live in Oregon, but advocates say key info is missing

Oregon has lost its way on the educational front

Oregon Test Results Point to an Accountability Problem

Oregon’s school funding formula undercounts poverty, denying some districts millions. Lawmakers are poised to approve it anyway

Oregon Most Regressive State for Funding High Poverty School Districts

Salem school district says state scrimped on its poorest students for decades

Panel recommends sweeping changes in how Oregon colleges of education prepare teachers to instruct reading

Oregon teacher preparation programs need to better equip graduates to teach children to read

Things that Work!

These three Red States are the Best Hope in Schooling

More Funding for K-12 is important, but Alone not Sufficient

Three Ways State Education Agencies Can Proactively Drive Change

Policy Lessons from States That Improved Students’ Reading and Math Proficiency

The Key Parts of a ‘Science of Reading’ Transformation: Mississippi Chief of DOE discusses what a state can do to improve reading at scale

Behind the scenes of Mississippi’s school turnaround with Carey Wright

Building a New Accountability System for Truly Student-Centered Education

The Literacy Crisis in the U.S. is Deeply Concerning—and Totally Preventable

50-State Comparison: School Accountability Systems

Effectiveness of Early Literacy Policies When Statewide Efforts Support Them

Four Reasons Why Mississippi’s Reading Gains Are Neither Myth Nor Miracle

From last to 16th place in 4th grade reading: Louisiana elementary students leading nation in growth

Kids getting the help they need!

A few Oregon elementary schools target reading skills with virtual tutors

John Hopkins study on virtual tutoring showed that students in all groups made large gains, including multilingual learners, low-income students, and students of color.

Why Steubenville, Ohio, Might Be the Best School District in America: High-poverty Rust Belt district is exceptional at teaching kids to read and has been for more than a decade

SoCal school districts serve as bright spot amid CA literacy crisis

Reading scores climb after targeted intervention at California’s worst-performing schools

How Tennessee Bucked the Trend of Declining Math Scores

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