by Ty Davison | Feb 24, 2021 | News & Commentary
To retain teachers of color, an Oregon bill takes aim at schools’ ‘first in, last out’ layoff policies – oregonlive.com: Kotek’s solution would rewrite state rules that dictate who’s on the chopping block if and when school...
by Ty Davison | Feb 21, 2021 | News & Commentary
This Oregonian story has a lot of good background information on Portland General Electric and the challenges facing them (and us). Notable highlights: The power outages experienced in the Willamette Valley over the past week are nothing like those experienced...
by Ty Davison | Feb 5, 2021 | Quotes
The Things We Dare Not TellBy Henry Lawson The fields are fair in autumn yet, and the sun’s still shining there, But we bow our heads and we brood and fret, because of the masks we wear; Or we nod and...
by Ty Davison | Feb 3, 2021 | News & Commentary
A Union Head Says Portland Teachers Didn’t Ask to Cut in Line for Vaccines—and They Won’t Automatically Return to Classrooms in Gratitude – Willamette Week: Last month, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown propelled schoolteachers and staff to the front of...
by Ty Davison | Feb 3, 2021 | News & Commentary
Some states are racing ahead of others with their covid vaccine rollouts. Their secret? Keeping it simple: Yet if there’s one thing the states moving most quickly have in common, it is that they have tried to bring at least some measure of order and simplicity...
