Chalkboard Project
Last Monday I attended the Washington County Public Affairs Forum presentation given by the Chalkboard Project. I had stumbled on their web site in the past few weeks, but I did not realize the wealth of information that they had collected about the opinion of the general population of Oregon public schools and the state of education in Oregon.For a start, they have a short and sweet one page summary of the Top 10 Things to Know About Oregon's K-12 Public Schools that is a real eye opener. They have also done a survey of the opinions regarding the issues and the solutions for our education system for many different stakeholders, ranging from parents, to teachers, to recent high school graduates, to school boards and superintendents. They also include data gathered from parents of students receiving special education services, as well as Spanish-speaking parents. The wealth of information and the ideas gathered from that study are very impressive. It should be required reading for all our Oregon legislators and for the administrators in our public schools.
On February 24, the Chalkboard project will be in Hillsboro, presenting its findings and collecting additional data from the participants. Definitely worth attending.
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