E3: Employers for Education Excellence is a statewide non-profit organization, founded by the Oregon Business Council, which brings together employers and schools to improve student achievement in Oregon public schools. In 2004, E3 presented regional Employer Education Forums designed to engage Oregon employers in boosting student achievement. The forums presented business and education leaders with the compelling case for taking part in improving Oregon’s schools through employer engagement.

E3: Employers for Education Excellence is a statewide non-profit organization, founded by the Oregon Business Council, which brings together employers and schools to improve student achievement in Oregon public schools. Literacy Partners connects employers to middle schools and students in their community. The middle grades are a pivotal time in the development of literacy skills. It is in these years that schools shift their focus from learning to read to using reading to learn. The Literacy Partners Toolkit guides you through the process of planning, launching and sustaining a successful literacy-mentoring program.

The Small Schools Initiative is a project of E3: Employers for Education Excellence, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Meyer Memorial Trust. The School Change Rubric is designed to help educators and others interested in high school redesign better understand the critical elements of high-achieving and equitable small high schools. The version of the Rubric shown here reflects the thinking of the Initiative Design Team, research on best practices in school redesign from around the nation, and suggestions from the Initiative’s Advisory Cabinet and expert faculty.

The Small Schools Initiative is a project of E3: Employers for Education Excellence, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Meyer Memorial Trust. This Web site is the portal to news, resources and information related to Oregon’s Small Schools Initiative, a $25 million, multiyear, statewide program to increase student achievement and graduation rates in Oregon high schools.

Founded in 2004 by Foundations For A Better Oregon, The Chalkboard Project is sponsored by a growing list of independent Oregon foundations to help create an independent and non-partisan group to inform and engage the public to understand and address the tough choices and trade-offs required to build strong schools in Oregon. The following is a detailed list of the project’s policy recommendations.

Founded in 2004 by Foundations For A Better Oregon, The Chalkboard Project is sponsored by a growing list of independent Oregon foundations to help create an independent and non-partisan group to inform and engage the public to understand and address the tough choices and trade-offs required to build strong schools in Oregon. This Web site has links to various documents, including public opinion survey results, focus group findings and highlights of statewide citizen feedback.

Founded in 2004 by Foundations For A Better Oregon, The Chalkboard Project is sponsored by a growing list of independent Oregon foundations to help create an independent and non-partisan group to inform and engage the public to understand and address the tough choices and trade-offs required to build strong schools in Oregon. These ads were used in public-awareness campaigns to get the citizens of Oregon thinking about education reform.

Founded in 2004 by Foundations For A Better Oregon, The Chalkboard Project is sponsored by a growing list of independent Oregon foundations to help create an independent and non-partisan group to inform and engage the public to understand and address the tough choices and trade-offs required to build strong schools in Oregon. This is an August 2005 summary of feedback from statewide surveys regarding attitudes, beliefs and values about K–12 education.