Oregon schools are struggling. Can either governor candidate turn them around?

Source Scout · The Oregonian / OregonLive reports: Over the years, the desperate search to pinpoint exactly where Oregon’s public education system went so wrong has yielded many a culprit du jour. It’s the lack of money , some say, or the way schools spend it , the fact that children don’t show up or that so many of them sit out state tests . It’s the painfully short school year , the decades-old state commitments to lifetime benefits for teacher retirees that are straining current school district budgets or the outdated methods of teaching reading that were in vogue for years before a recent turnaround.

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