GAPS Libraries Resource Update

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Are you looking for a meaningful way to bring civics and the judicial system to life for your students? Courthouse Experience Tours are now available through the Civics Learning Project. These visits give students a firsthand look at Oregon’s judicial system by bringing them into working courthouses to observe court proceedings and see how the justice system operates in practice. Students can explore the roles of judges, attorneys, court staff, and others while building critical thinking, observation, and questioning skills. CLP provides orientation and resources to help educators and students prepare for and navigate their visit.

Interested in bringing your students to the courthouse? Complete our Courthouse Experience Tour Sign-Up Form. You can also visit the Civics Learning Project website for additional information, educator resources, and opportunities to connect classroom learning with Oregon’s civic and legal institutions.

All students (and staff!) are automatically enrolled

in our districtwide reading challenge as soon as reading minutes are logged.

TEACHERS: interested in learning more about how to easily use Beanstack for reading engagement in your classroom and setting up class or school-level challenges? You can access the short training webinar here.

Registration is now open for the 2026 Make Math Moments Virtual Summit, a free online professional learning event for mathematics educators. Held Nov. 14-15, the summit features more than 35 presentations and workshops focused on student engagement, mathematical thinking, and effective instructional practices.

Recent renovations at the White House have renewed debate over how the building should change and what must be preserved. More than 75 years ago, that question confronted First Lady Bess Truman. By the late 1940s, the White House was structurally unsafe, forcing the Truman family to move into Blair House while engineers and Congress considered what to do next. One proposal called for demolishing the mansion and rebuilding it from scratch. Bess Truman, a first lady who generally avoided publicity, favored preserving the historic exterior while rebuilding the interior. In this short video, Anita McBride, a co-author of “Remember the First Ladies,” explains how Truman drew on her political experience and relationships on Capitol Hill to make the case. Lesson plan included.

The Oregon Math Leaders Network is a community of math practitioners who work together to implement and support math teaching and learning in Oregon. Participants include teacher leaders, TOSAs, program administrators, college faculty, and math community partners. If you identify as a math leader, you are invited!

Oregon Middle School Math PLC Returns for 2026-27

Middle school mathematics educators are invited to join the Oregon Middle School Math PLC, a free, yearlong virtual professional learning community funded through the Oregon Math Project. The PLC meets monthly from 4 to 5 p.m. on the last Tuesday of most months and includes brief pre-work to support rich mathematical conversations. Educators will work directly within their instructional materials while exploring strategies that help students make sense of mathematics, justify their thinking, and generalize key grade-level concepts.

The Oregon Civics Conference brings educators together with civic and legal leaders, community partners, and educational leaders for a day of learning, networking, and inspiration. This year’s theme is: “Democracy and Change: Engaging Questions of Change Through Civil Discourse and Shared Inquiry.”

Friday, December 4, 2026

8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Salem Convention Center | Salem, Oregon

Educator scholarships are available! Scholarship application information is available here.

This learning experience supports students in applying a three-part protocol to read a short text and consider how it demonstrates moral decision-making. When we read with a moral complexity lens, we closely examine moments of decision-making in texts that involve nuanced questions lacking clear right and wrong answers—moments where characters must weigh competing values, perspectives, and outcomes. Reading this way can help students slow down their thinking, articulate influences on decision-making that are often invisible, and resist rushed moral judgments.

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