Betsy Hammond
Education Reporter at Oregon Live (The Oregonian)
The place to learn and talk about Portland-area schools. Lead contributor is editor and reporter Betsy Hammond. [email protected]
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4 weeks ago |
chronline.com | Betsy Hammond |Beth Slovic
For nearly two decades, Gene Evans was the top spokesperson for two Oregon agencies charged with doing right by children. But, as OPB reported this week, two former students say he sexually abused them when he was an Oregon teacher in the 1980s, including one who said he began an intense sexual relationship with her when she was just 17 and he was 31. Evans was never charged with a crime. And he told OPB by email, “These are stories and allegations from nearly 40 years ago.
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4 weeks ago |
oregonlive.com | Betsy Hammond |Beth Slovic
For nearly two decades, Gene Evans was the top spokesperson for two Oregon agencies charged with doing right by children. But, as OPB reported this week, two former students say he sexually abused them when he was an Oregon teacher in the 1980s, including one who said he began an intense sexual relationship with her when she was just 17 and he was 31. Evans was never charged with a crime. And he told OPB by email, “These are stories and allegations from nearly 40 years ago.
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1 month ago |
oregonlive.com | Betsy Hammond
In an extremely rare development, all 50 states’ attorneys general have banded together in a legal quest: In this case for two military veterans to get full GI education bill benefits. In both of Donald Trump’s two terms as president, Democratic AGs have banded together to sue and sue and sue, often with some success, to block Republican initiatives that Democrats despise. Republican attorneys general sometimes did the same during the Obama and Biden administrations.
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1 month ago |
oregonlive.com | Betsy Hammond
A wide range of taxpayers can get help completing their tax returns and e-filing them for free next week from volunteers trained by the Oregon Department of Revenue. Filing both 2024 federal and state income taxes with IRS Direct File and Direct File Oregon is free and available for the first time this year. Taxpayers who earned all their income in Oregon last year with incomes as high as $200,000 or more can get free help at the Tualatin Public Library from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
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2 months ago |
oregonlive.com | Carleen Johnson |Betsy Hammond
A bill that would require Washington to create a voluntary, confidential online survey for parents to fill out when they withdraw a student from one of the state’s public schools has received unanimous approval from the House Education Committee. The bill, designed to provide insight into why so many families have pulled their children out of Washington public school system, is headed for a full vote in the Washington House. House Bill 1289, sponsored by Rep.
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