As the state Legislature opens the 2015 session in Salem today, a petition on behalf of Oregon’s 700,000-plus students in grades kindergarten-14 has debuted on “The Promise of Oregon” website. The petition urges legislators to invest in schools for a variety of reasons: lowering class sizes, adding calendar days and reinstating programs. Perhaps most importantly,Read More

Through social media and its homepage, the Winston-Dillard School District is demonstrating how districts can spread the reach of the Promise campaign in their local communities. Visitors to the district homepage will immediately find the campaign banner displayed prominently. And on the Douglas High Facebook page, two students have already been profiled as DHS’s “PromiseRead More

Salem-Keizer School Board members officially expressed their support of “The Promise of Oregon” campaign last week by adopting a resolution. The state’s second-largest school district now is among 80 boards that have signed onto the campaign. Board Members Paul Kyllo, Nancy MacMorris-Adix, Jim Green, Rick Kimball, Chris Brantley, Jeff Faville and Chuck Lee also celebratedRead More

In a radio spot on Jefferson Public Radio on Tuesday, Jan. 20, Oregon School Boards Association Executive Director Betsy Miller-Jones made the case for more school money in Oregon, highlighting “The Promise of Oregon” campaign. Miller-Jones said, “In order to make these dreams come true for these ‘Promise’ students, we have to all get behindRead More