A new feature video featuring Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times columnist and author Nicholas Kristof debuted today on “The Promise of Oregon” website. Kristof, an Oregon native and graduate of Yamhill Carlton High School, often refers to education as “an escalator to opportunity.” He expounds on that theme in the video, discussing poverty worldwide andRead More

The co-chairs who guide budgeting decisions in the Legislature on Wednesday projected allocating $7.24 billion for the State School Fund in 2015-17 – about $335 million more than Gov. Kitzhaber’s proposed budget. The figures released Wednesday came from Sen. Richard Devlin, D-Tualatin, and Rep. Peter Buckley, D-Ashland, the co-chairs of the Legislature’s Joint Ways andRead More

The Grant School District (John Day) has become the latest Oregon district to take up “The Promise of Oregon” campaign in a big way. Visitors to the district’s homepage will now find it dominated by a giant “Promise” banner, as well as a photo of Board members and Superintendent Mark W. Witty posing with aRead More

Oregon’s Promise Kids just keep showing their promise. Congratulations to Anthony Papol, a Pendleton High student featured on this website in December, who was recently named one of 2,000 national semifinalists in the Coca-Cola Scholars program. Anthony, who was among more than 102,000 applicants, now has an opportunity to become one of 150 Coca-Cola ScholarsRead More