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Schools across Oregon are providing free summer meals to anyone 18 and under, but a federal waiver for free meals ends June 30, putting the future of universal free school lunches in jeopardy.
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After a rough couple of years, we asked teachers to tell us how they are doing. Their answers were revealing.
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Some teachers have left because of the challenges of teaching during a pandemic, while others were fearful they would contract Covid-19 and some were offered higher-paying jobs. Many just burned out.
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In the wake of last week’s mass shooting, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, some school districts in the Rogue Valley are preparing to support their communities over the summer.
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Eight months after lawmakers granted schools the ability to issue blanket gun prohibitions, only about 13% of public school districts have put the policy change into place. More are in the process.
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A fourth-grade camping trip led to one outbreak, a high school prom to another. But even with covid cases rising as schools head into the final stretch of the academic year, most California districts have not moved toward reinstating mask mandates.
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The report provides suggestions for how elected officials in Oregon can direct more oversight and transparency in the state's education system.
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The Oregon Department of Education issued a new advisory to school leaders to ensure schools stay in-person for the rest of the year.
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Education and schools have been widely discussed as a problem to be solved in Oregon, and the solutions candidates are offering vary.
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Empty classrooms and quiet hallways: California’s rural far north grapples with declining enrollmentEven as the overall population in California’s rural north has remained steady or even grown over the past two decades, the number of children enrolled in public schools such as those in Quincy has shrunk. From the Pacific Coast to the inland mountains and valleys, dozens of schools have seen steep drops in enrollment.
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According to new data from the California Department of Education, enrollment continues to drop at faster rates than before the pandemic.
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COVID funding from the federal government is helping many Oregon schools take care of long-neglected needs, including capital projects.
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A state senator wants to send no-strings-attached checks to homeless high school seniors in California, where basic income programs are beginning to “feel a lot more like a movement.”
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Educators, advocates and a state lawmaker say phonics-based reading teacher training could help Oregon children. Federal pandemic relief money could pay for it.