Bringing cooking back into Portland’s classrooms: Former teacher pushes food as education

Oregon Live - Nicole Dungca "While working in Portland Public [...]

April 7th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Health, Language, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Oregon, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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New normal for Portland-area high schools: Huge classes, overloaded teachers, short school years, gaps in students’ days

Oregon Live - Betsy Hammond "From Hillsboro to Lake Oswego [...]

March 2nd, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Class Size, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Oregon, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Oregon teachers report big classes are a big problem, more so than in 47 other states

Oregon Live - Betsy Hammond "Sixty percent of Oregon teachers [...]

February 25th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Class Size, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Oregon, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Empty desks Oregon’s absenteeism epidemic

Oregon Live - Betsy Hammond "A massive but overlooked problem [...]

February 8th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Oregon, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Too many Oregon students unready for kindergarten, state officials lament

Oregon Live - Betsy Hammond "The typical Oregon kindergartner arrived [...]

February 1st, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Kindergarten, Learning, News, Oregon, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Oregon’s choice for new standardized tests, Smarter Balanced, shines in study comparing 12 tests

Oregon Live - Betsy Hammond "Starting next school year, Oregon [...]

December 4th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Oregon, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Oregon schools pack in most students per teacher in history, state says

Oregon Live - Betsy Hammond "Oregon's student-teacher ratios, long some [...]

December 2nd, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Class Size, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Oregon, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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In Hillsboro, new math curriculum to meet Common Core has parents jeering, teachers cheering

Oregon Live - Luke Hammill "Hillsboro is facing a similar [...]

November 19th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Oregon, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Helping preschoolers learn to focus their attention

Oregon Live - Amy Wang "Parents can take an active [...]

November 16th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Learning, News, Oregon, Parenting, Parents, Preschool, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Portland Public Schools parents file complaint, push for more high school instructional hours

Oregon Live - Nicole Dungca "A coalition of parents wants [...]

November 5th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, High School, Learning, News, Oregon, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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