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Employer Classroom Challenge Brochure
Employers for Excellent Education (E3)
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. This brochure and application outlines what is expected of businesses and volunteers and how they can be actively involved in helping students.
http://e3oregon.org/ecc/download/EmployerChallengeFINAL.pdf

Communication Resource Guide
Employers for Excellent Education (E3)
http://www.e3oregon.org/small_schools/documents/E3-OregonSmallSchoolCommResourceGuide-FINAL7-29-04.pdf

FAQ for Employers
E3: Employers for Education Excellence
http://www.e3oregon.org/sic/sic_employer.html

Information on Education Forums to Engage Employers
E3: Employers for Education Excellence
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.
http://www.e3oregon.org/library_empforums.html

Informational Guide for Employers to Get Involved
E3: Employers for Education Excellence
http://www.e3oregon.org/pdf/res_E3HowToGuide2.pdf

Literacy Partners Toolkit
E3: Employers for Education Excellence
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.
Literacy Partners Toolkit Employers for Excellent Education Planning Doc (2).pdf

Oregon Education Champion Form
E3: Employers for Education Excellence
http://e3oregon.org/championform/form.html

Rubric
E3: Employers for Education Excellence
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.
http://e3smallschools.org/pdf/SchoolChangeRubricGeneralv.5.13.pdf

Small Schools Toolkit
E3: Employers for Education Excellence
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. Oregon Small Schools Initiative staff and consultants have developed numerous design, implementation, and communication tools. This toolkit seeks to collect in one place the Initiative’s most important documents for converting large comprehensive high schools into small, innovative schools, as well as designing new ones.
http://e3smallschools.org/download/sst_11-23-05.pdf

Small Schools Initiative Website
E3: Employers for Education Excellence
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.
http://e3smallschools.org/

Web Site
E3: Employers for Education Excellence
E3: Employers for Education Excellence, Chalkboard Project and Oregon Business Plan have created the Employer-Classroom Connection Challenge, which asks businesses to adopt policies and practices that encourage school involvement by all employees — whether they have kids or not. The goal is to have more than 500 Oregon employers to participate in the challenge before January 2007.
http://e3oregon.org/championform

Chalkboard Project Recommendations
The Chalkboard Project
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.
Project Recomendations Chalkboard Planning doc.doc

Highlights Public Attitudes toward K–12 Education in Oregon
The Chalkboard Project
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 document summarizes a statewide survey regarding attitudes, beliefs and values about K–12 education.
Highlights Public Attitudes toward K-12 Education Chalkboard Pub Opinion.pdf

Information on Public Opinion, Focus Groups, Civic Engagement
The Chalkboard Project
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.
http://www.chalkboardproject.org/public_opinion_focus.php

Oregon’s Schools at the Turning Point
The Chalkboard Project
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 report summarizes the situation in Oregon as of 2005, and it proposes 15 points of action for moving forward with reform.
http://www.chalkboardproject.org/pdf/Action%20Plan%20Summary.pdf

Public Awareness Campaign Ads
The Chalkboard Project
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.
http://www.chalkboardproject.org/learn_more/CampaignAds.pdf

Public Awareness Campaign Fact Sheet
The Chalkboard Project
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 fact sheet is part of Oregon’s public-awareness campaigns, and it is a companion piece to The Chalkboard Project’s Public Awareness Campaign Ads.
http://www.chalkboardproject.org/learn_more/Ad%20campaign%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf

Summary of Civic Engagement Feedback — Cross Section of Oregonians
The Chalkboard Project
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.
Summary of Civic Engagement Feedback Chalkboard Pub Opinion.pdf

The Chalkboard Project Web Site
The Chalkboard Project
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 links to various resources and tools created to assist in public-awareness campaigns, as well as to proposals and action plans for The Chalkboard Project.
http://www.chalkboardproject.org/index.php

Final Report on Funding and Accountability
The Chalkboard Project
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 report describes the key findings and recommendations of a funding and accountability workgroup.
Workgroup on Funding and Accountability Chalkboard Project pub opinion.doc