Part 2: Oregon’s 15 educator preparation programs offer vastly different reading instruction methods to future teachers, and some teach flawed methods.
Author: By Alex Baumhardt – Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon fails to turn page on reading: $250 million spent in 25 years
SPECIAL REPORT Part 1: Many Oregon kids still struggle to read because they are taught using ineffective methods. Experts explain what should have happened.
More Oregon kids attend preschool, but enrollment still lags nationally
A new study shows preschool attendance has grown in Oregon, but spending per child lags behind other states.
Funding for drought package less than half of what Owens, Helm proposed
AT THE CAPITOL: Legislative leaders propose $110 million in state spending to help with water projects, irrigation and research in Oregon.
Kotek hears Boardman residents’ fears about contaminate water, illness
Residents wonder whether local health issues are from nitrate-contaminated water that the state has been slow to regulate.
Schools hiring emergency teachers for special education, potentially violating federal law
OREGON NEWS: More than 130 emergency licensed instructors in Oregon who don’t have to meet federally mandated standards are teaching students with disabilities.
Farmers pack hearing on bill that would halt new large livestock operations
An Oregon Senate committee heard testimony from farmers, environmental advocates and industry, revealing deep concerns about the future of farming in Oregon.
Some legislators, environmentalists want to scrub fossil fuels from state pension fund
A proposal from several Democrats and environmentalists would mandate the state pension fund to divest billions in fossil fuel holdings. Some unions and the state treasurer say that would be too risky.
SPECIAL REPORT: DEQ steps up oversight after discovery of ‘reckless’ reporting by company
DEQ officials say the agency is more closely monitoring companies in its carbon credit Clean Fuels Program after TTS Charging sold $1.8 million in credits linked to false data.
SPECIAL REPORT: How startup took advantage of DEQ program with lax oversight to net $1.8 million
A Lincoln City entrepreneur reported false data to the DEQ’s Clean Fuels Program, sold invalid carbon credits and went on a spending spree. An Oregon Capital Chronicle Special Report details what happened.