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OEA Newsflash: March 4, 2010
- Oregon Not In Latest Round of Race to the Top Finalists
- Politicos to Make Their Case to OEA Members
- Help Us Find the Stories: Jobs and Areas Helped by Federal Stimulus
- Education Leaders Collaborate on Priority Schools
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Oregon Not In Latest Round of Race to the Top Finalists
Oregon is not on the list announced this morning of finalists for consideration in the latest round of candidates for the federal Race to the Top grant funds. No state west of The Rockies is a finalist, with Colorado being the nearest in proximity to move on to the next round. Watch the video announcement at Ed.gov
There will be a second round, and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has urged all states that were not finalists to reapply. OEA will remain on Oregon's Race to the Top Design Team throughout the process.
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 Politicos To Meet With and Make Their Case To OEA Members
Candidates for statewide and federal office will strive to earn the recommendation of OEA members at the March 5 & 6 OEA-PIE Convention in Eugene.
Republican and Democratic candidates for Oregon Governor scheduled to appear - Allen Alley (R), Bill Bradbury (D), John Kitzhaber (D), and John Lim (R).
Candidates for Oregon Superintendent of Schools, U.S. Senate, and U.S. Representatives will also be participating and fielding OEA member questions.
Follow the developments on Facebook: www.facebook.com/OregonEA
Also follow the event on Twitter: www.twitter.com/oregoneducation and post your own comments using the hashtag #pie2010
Read more at www.oregoned.org/pie2010
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Help Us Find the Stories: Stimulus Saves 341,955 Public School Jobs?
How many public school employees had their jobs saved by federal stimulus money, who and where are they?
OEA and NEA continue to get those questions – from media – from politicians – even from our own members.
Your help is needed to come up with the answers.
1.) If you know of specific individuals who had their jobs saved by stimulus dollars, please share their contact information with us: webadmin@oregoned.org
2.) If you know of specific places where public school jobs were saved because of stimulus dollars – let us know the place – and we’ll work on locating the people.
3.) If you’re hearing about places that are already saying they’ll have to let folks go when the stimulus money runs out - let us know about those places as well.
So when folks ask: “What did the stimulus money really accomplish?” – we’ll be able to respond with real, live stories that can make the case that the stimulus worked for public education.
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Education Leaders Collaborate on Priority Schools
Public education professionals from classrooms to local governments to the Obama Administration meet today to continue mapping collaborative approaches to raise academic achievement in the nation’s lower-performing five percent of public schools. These Priority Schools are the subject of an unprecedented campaign by NEA to bring public education stakeholders together to help lead permanent change.
The NEA Priority Schools Campaign is focused on agreement-based school transformation approaches involving educators, communities, policymakers in state capitals and in Congress, and the Obama administration; collaboration on innovative programs to measure student success and teacher quality; and attracting and keeping the best educators and necessary resources for the schools of greatest need.
Goals for the day include hearing the latest understanding and expectations for the grants from federal education officials, sharing best practices, and launching a virtual professional learning community to facilitate continued collaborative work in the coming months. For continuing updates on NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign, please tune in via Twitter, Facebook , or YouTube. To contact the campaign or request further info, email: priorityschools@nea.org
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Date: 3/4/2010
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