Unlike other states, Oregon funds its 197 school districts but does little to hold them to account for their outcomes.
By James Neff
Oregon Journalism Project
When it comes to education, Oregonians cherish local control. Yet increasingly, experts say local control is one reason so many Oregon kids can’t read.
Over the past decade, as the Oregon Journalism Project has previously reported, the state’s fourth-grade reading scores have sunk to the bottom of national…