DID YOU KNOW Oregon is instituting new requirements for a high school diploma?

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What Oregonians Say...

77% of Oregonians believe that too many students are "falling through the cracks" of Oregon schools

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"If children are not encouraged and supported by their family, learning is a chore with no benefits."

-A participant in the high school graduate focus group

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The Chalkboard Project is an independent, non-profit organization working to improve Oregon's K-12 public schools. We think important decisions about our schools should be based on what Oregonians want and what research tells us will work best for students. Join us in making our schools the best they can be!

Chalkboard News:

  • The Oregonian is calling on the Oregon State Board of Education to make instructional quality a top strategic priority. As the paper wrote, "Nothing matters more in public education than the quality of individual teachers -- not even class size, school size or the length of the school year."
    Read The Oregonian editorial...
    Read Chalkboard's letter to the State Board of Education...

  • DemocracyLab and the Chalkboard Project have entered into an agreement to take the concepts behind open source software into a new realm: Oregon K-12 education. Read more...

  • Chalkboard is hosting a new blog! Our blogger Mollie is documenting her year as a MAT student. Read the latest entry...

  • Chalkboard is opposed to Bill Sizemore's "pay for performance" ballot measure. Read the statement now...

  • Chalkboard and the Oregon Education Association have collaborated on an important survey about professional development for teachers. Over 2000 teachers from across the state participated.