Elizabeth Miller
Oregon Public BroadcastingElizabeth Miller is a reporter for Oregon Public Broadcasting, a JPR news partner. Her reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.
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Every year, school boards across Oregon — and around the country — buckle down and spend months finalizing their district budgets. -
The state agency is the latest to express concern about students’ use of personal devices at school. -
A group of Oregon legislators is exploring policies to limit the influence of potentially distracting devices. -
Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism in the nation's K-12 schools has skyrocketed. These teens are working to get their attendance back on track. -
Republican lawmakers and several media outlets named a Portland high school student athlete this week, saying the student shouldn't be permitted to participate in girls sports because of their gender identity. -
Oregon school districts have until Dec. 31 to apply for a waiver to take advantage of the increased eligibility for the current school year. -
Attorneys claim the district violated Oregon public meetings law and cost district parents hundreds of thousands of dollars. -
School districts across the state have struggled to hire and retain superintendents in the last five years. The job has become a contentious one, as school leaders deal with the continuing impacts of the pandemic and face tensions from school boards. -
An early literacy bill that initially had widespread support is now facing pushback from education advocates who say they disagree with how the bill would be funded. -
In some Oregon districts, teacher recruiting efforts start early – often when future teachers are still in high school. -
Oregon school districts and community organizations are hearing from the head of the state education department, that they shouldn’t plan on money from the state for summer programs this year. -
Bills to address both real and false threats of school violence are on the Legislature’s docket this week — several of them have bipartisan support.
