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Oregon schools rated mainly 'satisfactory' on state report card

One in three schools is "outstanding" but a quarter of the state's high schools are in need of improvement

•Schools use Facebook, Twitter to get out their message

Community forums and newsletters sent home in backpacks are so old school. You want to find out whether stewed tomatoes are on tomorrow's lunch menu?

Financial aid keeps kids in Oregon private schools

With help from the schools, parents hit by the recession are making sacrifices to keep students enrolled

•North Clackamas to cut teachers, increase class size

With school set to start in less than three weeks, the North Clackamas School District sent layoff notices to 60 teachers Friday after the union refused to accept a salary freeze.

Oregon students try to stem tuition hikes

Students got the best they could hope for: Fall tuition hikes that stayed mostly in the single digits and a promise of more financial aid to cover the difference.

Charter schools in Portland: Boon or bane? 7:29 PM

June 28, 2009 - Southwest Charter School sits squarely in the center of the city, just steps from the Willamette River, off a busy street in a commercial district, with almost 200 kids enrolled. But most people don't know the public school exists.

Higher ed institutions prepare to teach more with less

Oregon's public colleges and universities are bracing for more students and less money in the next two years as the recession deepens and the state's budget shrinks.

Next for trendy Pearl: public school program

First came the condo towers, then more art galleries, restaurants and boutiques. Young urbanites followed -- and the joke was they brought more pets to the Pearl than kids.

Oregon Governor offers to cut own pay, asks teachers to work for free

By Harry Esteve, The Oregonian (Portland)
Teachers should work some days without pay this spring to avoid early school closures, Gov. Ted Kulongoski said Thursday as he laid out his plan to keep the state solvent in the teeth of one of its worst recessions.

First-draft Oregon spending cuts could end school year early

Educators and school supporters fear the Oregon Legislature's plan to cut $362 million from the budget could make Oregon's schools a national joke once again.