Elizabeth Miller
Oregon Public BroadcastingElizabeth Miller is a JPR content partner from Oregon Public Broadcasting. Elizabeth is an Ohio native and a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University.
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Republican lawmakers and several media outlets named a Portland high school student athlete this week, saying the student shouldn't be permitted to participate in girls sports because of their gender identity. -
Oregon school districts have until Dec. 31 to apply for a waiver to take advantage of the increased eligibility for the current school year. -
Attorneys claim the district violated Oregon public meetings law and cost district parents hundreds of thousands of dollars. -
School districts across the state have struggled to hire and retain superintendents in the last five years. The job has become a contentious one, as school leaders deal with the continuing impacts of the pandemic and face tensions from school boards. -
An early literacy bill that initially had widespread support is now facing pushback from education advocates who say they disagree with how the bill would be funded. -
In some Oregon districts, teacher recruiting efforts start early – often when future teachers are still in high school. -
Oregon school districts and community organizations are hearing from the head of the state education department, that they shouldn’t plan on money from the state for summer programs this year. -
Bills to address both real and false threats of school violence are on the Legislature’s docket this week — several of them have bipartisan support. -
Several bills introduced this legislative session would mandate better services for students with disabilities, but some have already died. -
A bill that passed out of the Senate education committee last week would create a task force to study school attendance and why students don’t come to school. -
Thousands of students haven’t returned to public schools as part of a ‘concerning’ trend -
Targeted efforts in Portland, Salem and the central coast led to substantial gains for students who have historically graduated at lower rates.
