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Oregon Students Taking Classes Online

August 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment

MEDFORD, Ore. — Most Oregon students will return to class next week; but for Oregon Connections Academy Students, today was their first day back to school. Unlike other students, starting their school day was only a click away. This school year, some students have opted for a different type of learning, and teachers are also exploring this virtual classroom setting, both in hopes of finding an environment that suits them best.

Senior Brianna Lewis is one of the students participating in the Oregon online school.

“I was really, really shy and I hated being around people and I wanted to sleep in and work at my own pace and this school was pretty much perfect,” she says.

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At Our Best

August 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The tuition-free public virtual school held a commencement ceremony June 25 at the Salem Conference Center for its largest graduating class to date. Around 150 students from around Oregon attended the ceremony, which was broadcast live using Internet streaming so family and friends from all over the world could watch.

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Area schools announce new projects, staff changes

August 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment

In the district’s central office, former high school Principal Marc Gousse has become superintendent, replacing Reza Namin, who took a job in Massachusetts. Former Canal School Principal Jeremy Ray has become director of operations. Replacing Gousse is Thomas O’Malley, who was a principal in New Hampshire. Teacher Vickie Hebert is stepping in as interim principal at Canal. Saccarappa School has a new boiler, paid for with federal stimulus money, and the high school track has been resurfaced. The one educational program eliminated this year was virtual high school, which allowed students to take online courses not offered at the school.

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Oregon online charter schools fought hard to lose enrollment limits, but end up with fewer students than limits allowed

August 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Becca Uherbelau, spokeswoman for the Oregon Education Association, said Tuesday that the fact that enrollment did not reach the voided enrollment caps does not mean the union’s opposition to the new law was overblown.

Enrollment could rise, she said. And the union remains concerned that online charter schools are not transparent in their finances or accountable to the public in the same way schools run by local school boards are.

“Regardless of how many students are currently enrolled, there are still concerns around accountability and education quality with virtual schools generally,” she said.

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Mixed results from Sunday school legislature

August 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Legislators also implemented what Ferrioli called a form of flat budgeting – using the last legislatively approved figures as a starting point, rather than building in projected cost increases.

Ferrioli said the education reforms should boost choice and competitiveness in the school system. Bills passed in the session will let students enroll in the school district of their choice, expand options for virtual charter schools, and allow community colleges and universities to create charter schools.

Another major change for education is shifting the duties of Superintendent of Public Instruction into the governor’s office, which will tap an expert board to examine spending options for education, from kindergarten to graduate school. The goal, he said, is to make decisions that truly improve education.

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Did controversial online charter school bill really receive zero public input?

July 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Well, yes and no. A bill with that number was the subject of two public hearings Feb. 11 and 14, 2011, in the House Education Committee. But that wasn’t the bill that lawmakers approved in the final days of the Legislature.

The bill as introduced was 62 pages long, with parts stemming from a comprehensive State Board of Educationreport on virtual learning to the Legislature. Part of the reason why the bill is so long is that the board wanted to separate virtual school law from charter school law. The proposal also contained provisions to increase the enrollment cap and to establish funding per child since in Oregon, state money follows the student.

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2011 legislative session at a glance

July 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment

In last-minute negotiations to bring change to Oregon’s education system, a package of 14 education bills passed out of the legislature. Among them was free, full-day Kindergarten and the ability for parents to move their child to another school district without their home district’s approval.

Also in that package were controversial bills to remove an attendance cap placed on virtual charter schools and allowing community colleges and universities to sponsor charter schools.

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Recent K-12 Education Reforms Let Kids Transfer to a Brighter Future

July 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Public education exists to serve children – period. However, as evidenced by the Oregon Education Association’s (OEA) ongoing actions, some believe public education should serve primarily the adults who work in the system. Thankfully, this legislative session, Oregon’s state leaders concluded otherwise.

After tense negotiations on several education-related bills, Oregon’s legislature passed the most substantial education reforms Oregon has seen in decades, at the governor’s request. The more “controversial” elements of that package will provide students – who find their traditional public schools unsuitable – more educational options from which to choose, including charter and online schools. Such student-focused, choice-based measures were a particular pebble in the OEA’s shoe. Why?

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Oregon House narrowly defeats online school bill

July 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

SALEM – On a dramatic tie vote of 30-30, the Oregon House defeated legislation that would loosen enrollment restrictions on online virtual schools in the state.

Immediately after the vote, legislative leaders for both parties held closed-door caucuses to discuss whether the bill might be revived and how to proceed on the rest of a package of education bills.

House Bill 2301 would allow online schools to enroll as much as three percent of a school district’s population without getting permission from the state. Currently, students need to get permission from their local school district before they can enroll in an online school. The schools also have a cap on their total enrollment.

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Education package approved

June 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Last-minute amendments to two of the controversial, mostly Republican-backed school choice bills proved key in breaking a standoff in the evenly divided Oregon House. That standoff on Monday evening appeared to threaten the passage of all the other proposals.

The House reconsidered and approved on Tuesday a previously defeated bill to make it easier for students to enroll in online charter schools, House Bill 2301. The bill was approved on a 33-27 vote after the proposal’s sponsors agreed to an amendment that would set up a government task force to closely examine how the state could ensure some quality control at virtual schools, an issue critics had expressed concern about.

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