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                    &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;As the school calendar shifts into holiday mode, many public school students are about to be out of the classroom for a long time.&amp;nbsp; And as families brace for time off, educators are bracing too &amp;ndash; for potential budget cuts. And that&amp;rsquo;s as Oregon&amp;rsquo;s education system remains one of the worst performing in the nation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;On this week&amp;rsquo;s episode of OPB Politics Now, reporters Lauren Dake, Ellizabeth Miller and Tiffany Camhi discuss some major education issues facing Oregon&amp;rsquo;s K-12 system and higher education world.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Plus, if you have not checked it out, they discussed Miller&amp;rsquo;s &lt;a href="https://www.opb.org/specialreport/class-of-2025/"&gt;Class of 2025 project&lt;/a&gt;, an OPB endeavor that was 13 years in the making.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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OPB Politics Now

Oregon Public Broadcasting

Oregon education report card: Budget woes, enrollment issues and Trump effect

NOV 20, 202528 MIN
OPB Politics Now

Oregon education report card: Budget woes, enrollment issues and Trump effect

NOV 20, 202528 MIN

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<p dir="ltr">As the school calendar shifts into holiday mode, many public school students are about to be out of the classroom for a long time.&nbsp; And as families brace for time off, educators are bracing too &ndash; for potential budget cuts. And that&rsquo;s as Oregon&rsquo;s education system remains one of the worst performing in the nation.</p> <p dir="ltr">On this week&rsquo;s episode of OPB Politics Now, reporters Lauren Dake, Ellizabeth Miller and Tiffany Camhi discuss some major education issues facing Oregon&rsquo;s K-12 system and higher education world.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Plus, if you have not checked it out, they discussed Miller&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.opb.org/specialreport/class-of-2025/">Class of 2025 project</a>, an OPB endeavor that was 13 years in the making.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>