Future of Oregon Schools, April 14

The Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA), the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators (COSA) and the Oregon Education Association (OEA) — representing Oregon’s school board members, educators and administrators — have joined together to accomplish a task that has never been undertaken at such scale: to engage Oregonians across the state in a conversation about education and what is best for students — without the burden of budget talk or funding solutions. Oregon Rising, a public outreach campaign that launches across Oregon this week, asks Oregonians to engage at a local level to answer a fundamental state-wide question: What do we want Oregon schools to be for our children and grandchildren? Superintendents, educators, principals and school board members across the state will be holding Oregon Rising gatherings in their communities. Between now and early June, Oregon Rising intends to hold at least one public session in each of the majority of school districts in the state.