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Your Teacher Is F'dnew

The Oregon Education Association gave Gov. John Kitzhaber more than $1 million. And now he's giving it pay cuts and pink slips.
Willamette Week  |  Nigel Jaquiss  |  03-24-2011  |  Education

How Oregon's Largest Teachers Union Helped Shape Charter Schools Billnew

Online charter school supporters have obtained emails between a lobbyist for the state's teachers union and an Oregon Department of Education staff attorney. Those emails, they say, show that the lawyer for the ostensibly neutral state agency tinkered with a bill to serve the union's interests and contradicted written instructions from Oregon State Board of Education chairman Duncan Wyse.
Willamette Week  |  Nigel Jaquiss  |  06-17-2009  |  Education

Gambling With Kids' Futuresnew

Millions for an Oregon schools rainy-day fund are instead going to risky venture capital.
Willamette Week  |  Nigel Jaquiss  |  11-14-2007  |  Education

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