Umatilla fifth-grader Alfonso Bernal and Bethel SD Superintendent Colt Gill joined dozens of other education advocates this week testifying before the Education Subcommittee of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means to ask the Legislature to significantly invest in schools through the 2015-17 State School Fund. Bernal compared his school experience to that of hisRead More

Kaitlin Sandall, a seventh-grader at Sublimity Middle School (North Santiam School District), is the subject of a short-length feature video that debuted today as part of “The Promise of Oregon” campaign. Kaitlin is the second of three students statewide whose stories will be featured in videos on the campaign website. In the video, Kaitlin describesRead More

OSBA and a number of educational partners have created a poster depicting how various levels of state education funding will affect students statewide. Reminiscent of the highly successful “school bus poster” of 2013, this visual aid is being mailed out this week to districts statewide. It shows three different 2015-17 funding scenarios: an “Underfunded Schools”Read More

Torrie Eagle Staff, a junior at Roosevelt High School (Portland Public Schools), is the subject of a short-length feature video that debuted today as part of “The Promise of Oregon” campaign. Torrie is the first of three students statewide whose stories will be featured in videos on the campaign website. In the video, Torrie outlinesRead More