Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong is Portland’s Superintendent of schools, having come to Portland in the summer of 2024 from the Evergreen School District in Vancouver.

Oregon’s 197 school districts will get nearly $77 million in additional funding this year from revenues generated from leases ...

The Common School Fund will provide Oregon’s 197 school districts with nearly $77 million of additional funding in 2025.

Packed with hundreds of new reads for students, the Portland Public Schools (PPS) bookmobile visited Astor K-8 and Chavez K-8 ...

Organized sports in schools don’t seem to be driving improvement, so I believe it’s time for us to refocus that attention and those resources to growing and celebrating academic achievement.” ...

Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong said she welcomes added scrutiny about how hers and other school districts are spending ...

Amid the Trump Administration’s efforts to slash the federal workforce, the Oregon Department of Education is warning that ...

Gov. Tina Kotek wanted her sprawling new proposal to hold Oregon’s public schools more accountable for student outcomes to tamp down the heated debate over the right level of funding for K-12 schools.

On March 10, Gov. Tina Kotek announced two bills she’s crafted for the Legislature that would tie increased spending—$11.36 ...

Portland Public Schools warns that new accountability bills could strain their budget without additional funding.

Facing a $40 million budget shortfall for year, the Portland Public Schools Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong is tentatively ...

More than 20 South Portland school employees received layoff notices last week in anticipation of a $5 million shortfall in the 2025-26 budget, a move met with strong opposition by district staff and ...