This month we’re hosting the second of two surveys related to Portland Public Schools – and the newest one (Portland Public Schools 2025) asks those of you within the PPS District (whether you live in the district, work in the district, or send your kids to district schools) to weigh in on some incredibly important issues.
Portland Public Schools is extending the deadline for parents and guardians to complete the PPS Successful Schools Survey to March 6th, so if you are a PPS parent / guardian and have not done so yet, join Oregon's Kitchen Table and share your experience at your student’s school today!
In December 2014, the Oregon Department of Education in partnership with Oregon’s Kitchen Table conducted an online consultation with key stakeholders across the state of Oregon. The consultation was conducted to help inform the efforts of the state’s Early Learning Hubs, which are working across the state to make resources and supports more available, more accessible and more effective for children and families that have historically been over-represented in the opportunity gap and underrepresented in services.
We have revised our privacy policy to reflect some of the changes – like the new log in system – we’re implementing at Oregon’s Kitchen Table and to more clearly reflect both how we collect data and how we use that data. We’ll be sending out an email notification to all of you once we’ve completed transferring new emails to our email system.
We’re heading into the third week of the Portland Public Schools Successful Schools Climate Survey – and nearly 3,000 parents and guardians have shared their school experiences through Oregon’s Kitchen Table! Portland Public Schools has put together a Q and A document to clarify some questions that have come up.
Our first survey of 2015 (and the first one using our new login system) is live today! Oregon’s Kitchen Table is hosting the Portland Public Schools Successful Schools Survey Jan 20 – Feb 28.
We’re excited to start 2015 with some improvements in how we engage with you! One of the first improvements – already up and running – is a new login system that allows you to create a username and password.
We’ve had a busy past few months at Oregon’s Kitchen Table, preparing for a number of statewide and local consultations in 2015 (the Successful Schools Climate Survey for Portland Public Schools families and a statewide consultation on poverty and prosperity in Oregon) and working on some new developments here that we’re very excited to share with you all soon. Stay tuned.
So here we are: Day 9 of a partial federal government shutdown. 5 days from a possible default on the national debt. No solution in sight. Plenty of finger-pointing and blame-slinging. But no clear path forward.
Eight years ago, Gateway Green was just a wild idea. These 38 acres between I-84 and I-205 in East Portland once housed a jail. Now, the community is on the verge of turning this unused space into a great outdoor recreational and mountain biking destination right in the city.
Over the past year, we’ve tackled tough issues throughout the state with the Governor’s budget priorities and the 2013 Oregon Values and Beliefs survey. We did our first county-wide consultation in Curry County with residents weighing in on options to address their county’s budget. Now the Kitchen Table is set for those of you in several counties (Clackamas, Columbia, Hood, Multnomah, and Washington) to help turn an overlooked parcel of land in East Portland into a vibrant, off-road bike park in a gateway to the region.
What better way to celebrate independence and self governance, Oregonians? We’re extending the consultation to give more Oregonians the chance to sign up for Oregon’s Kitchen Table and take the 2013 Oregon Values & Beliefs survey!
What better way to celebrate independence and self governance, Oregonians? We’re extending the consultation to give more Oregonians the chance to sign up for Oregon’s Kitchen Table and take the 2013 Oregon Values & Beliefs survey!
Our first consultation with you in 2013 is a big one! Oregon’s Kitchen Table is serving as the home for all Oregonians to take part in the state’s 2013 Values and Beliefs survey this spring. The Oregon Values and Beliefs Sponsors – Oregon Community Foundation, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oregon State University, Oregon Health & Science University, and DHM Research – believe now is the time to give voice to all Oregonians.
We’ve teamed up with the sponsors of the Oregon’s Values and Beliefs Survey to invite all Oregonians to share their vision for the future of Oregon. The Oregon Community Foundation, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Sciences University and DHM Research have joined forces and resources to create a comprehensive survey to take a deep look at the values, beliefs, and opinions of Oregonians on issues as diverse as government, public services and taxation; economic development and jobs; education; health and health care; the environment; and energy.
This fall we conducted our first county-wide consultation here at Oregon’s Kitchen Table, and now we’re happy to bring you the results! In November and December, leaders and community members in Curry County invited residents of Curry County to take a seat at Oregon’s Kitchen Table and share their thoughts on county services and funding. Over 500 folks did! Take a look at what Curry County residents shared at the Table here.
In 2012, we brought you this experiment to set a table for all Oregonians to weigh in on our most urgent public policy issues. The premise for this experiment? That our elected officials wanted to hear from you and that we have interesting and imaginative things to tell them! It’s been an exciting year as we’ve all begun using Oregon’s Kitchen Table and exercising our muscles as citizens.
This week we’re excited that leaders and community members in Curry County are inviting residents of Curry County to take a seat at Oregon’s Kitchen Table and share their thoughts on county services and funding. The consultation will go live Wednesday, November 8th and county residents will have until December 15th to join in on the conversation. As always, you can take your seat and join today – once the consultation goes live, you’ll receive an email inviting you to start responding to the online survey.
So much has happened over here at the Kitchen Table that we haven’t had a chance to catch our breath and catch up with you! First, we’ve posted the third and final set of results for the pilot consultation. Check the results for the Economy and Jobs and Healthy Environment Outcome Areas Findings as well as comments from tablemates in response to those results.
Here is the second set of results from Oregon’s Kitchen Table! As you recall, we are sending the results in three sections to give you a chance to digest and comment on the results. Check the results for the Healthy People Outcome Area and Revenue sections of the questionnaire.
This fall, Oregon’s Kitchen Table will be inviting folks in Curry County to take a seat and join in a discussion about their county’s financial picture. Our second consultation is all about you, Curry County!
It’s been a busy summer over here at the Table (thanks for your patience as you waited to see the results), and we are glad to finally have the results of our first consultation. A few weeks back, thousands of Oregonians participated in a survey about the Governor’s budget including four outcome areas including education, healthy people, the economy and jobs, and healthy environment issues.
We hope you all are enjoying a pleasant summer and that you are getting the chance to spend time with family and friends. We’re writing to say: Don’t worry! The results from the pilot consultation are forthcoming. To tell the truth, we’re a pretty small staff here at the Table, so we have been a little slower getting the results out than we wanted to be!
As I write this, 979 Oregonians – and counting! Yes, I’m absolutely watching the ticker move! – have signed up to join Oregon’s Kitchen Table and taken part in the first consultation on state budget priorities. We have also heard from a number of you with big ideas, corrections to glitches, and honest critiques. Thanks a lot – and keep them coming! That’s why this is an experiment. We’re learning more every day and continuing to adjust and adapt.
