The same school budget-cutting measures that came in the wake of 1990's Measure 5 are being rolled out in Central Oregon schools once again. Also similarly, we are seeing significant flight of families from here as a consequence of declining schools. Read the full post,...
Times are hard, as we all know. Our political leaders are preoccupied, understandably, with job creation. But if they don’t put reversing the decline of public education as the highest priority, their efforts to bolster the economy by creating jobs are doomed to fail. Read the...
In educators' own words, here is the human toll of repeated budget cuts to Oregon schools....
Check out my latest post for Chalkboard Project, "How CLASS is fostering a culture of continuous improvement in one district." Talks about pay-for-higher-performance and teacher evaluation approaches in Central Oregon. ...
Recent blog posts on salmon reintroduction and school reform...