Oregon State Capitol School Tours Returning
The Oregon State Capitol has announced the return of the full school tour program for the 2025-2026 school year. They are booking school tours now! The school tour program will begin October 13 and run through May 29. Tour times are 10:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Register using the form below, or find out more on the Learn About Your Capitol website.
June offers the opportunity to honor and celebrate Pride Month by fostering inclusivity and support for LGBTQ2SIA+ students, families and staff. Research shows that inclusive health education benefits all students by reducing homophobic bullying, adverse mental health, and identity-based violence. However, according to the Oregon Student Health Survey, only 29.5% of Oregon students reported receiving education on healthy relationships inclusive of LGBTQ2SIA+ identities. To support LGBTQ2SIA+ students, OHA compiled resources to ensure youth in Oregon have access to inclusive services.
5 Ways Teachers Can Support Students With Math Anxiety
A little stress can motivate, but teachers increasingly report their students’ fears over math interfere with their learning. Plummeting math performance and rising rates of student mental health problems have created a perfect storm for math anxiety, but emerging research shows there are clear ways teachers can build students’ confidence in the subject. This primer on math anxiety from EdWeek offers five research-aligned strategies teachers can use to support students who avoid practicing math and are uncomfortable with the subject.
ReadWorks
ReadWorks is a free website that curates resources that educators can use to help build knowledge around particular topics. ReadWorks is built on the science of reading and includes fiction and nonfiction resources across numerous content areas and genres, text sets for paired reading, accessibility features, formative assessment opportunities, varied text levels for differentiation, and many other learning tools and features.
OpenSciEd Elementary Curriculum
OpenSciEd Elementary units are centered around real-world phenomena children encounter every day! In OpenSciEd classrooms, teaching science isn’t just about facts and figures; it’s about creating a science learning experience that sparks your students’ curiosity and captures their imaginations. Through hands-on investigations and student-driven discussions, young learners will embark on a journey of scientific exploration, building a strong foundation for science learning in middle school and beyond!
Learning About & Teaching with Artificial Intelligence
The National Education Association (NEA) has released a new online course that is offered at no cost to educators. The independent study course, Learning About and Teaching with Artificial Intelligence in Education, explores the foundational concepts of artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential educational applications. Educators will learn to integrate AI tools effectively and ethically into teaching, learning, and administrative processes while fostering AI literacy among students. Visit the NEA Professional Excellence Portal to register for the course.
Summer grocery help for students and their families
The Oregon Summer EBT program is back for summer 2025! This program gives families money to help buy groceries when school is out. Each eligible student can get $120 for food over the summer. Benefits begin issuing on May 22. More information available from ODE.
Ben Jonson -- World History Encyclopedia
Ben Jonson (1572-1637) was an English poet, playwright, and literary critic, whose influence on English Renaissance literature during the Jacobean Era (1603-1625) has been regarded as second only to that of William Shakespeare (1564-1616). A prolific writer, Jonson penned hundreds of poems, multiple masques, as well as several major plays, mostly comedies. Read more at World History Encyclopedia.
May is National Water Safety Month
National Water Safety Month is a collaborative initiative led by the American Red Cross, the National Recreation and Park Association, and other organizations. As summer approaches, it’s essential to promote water safety education to help everyone stay safe in, on and around water. Learn about the 3 Elements of Water Competence and encourage your students to practice safer behaviors near water.
