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Teachers As the Arbiters of a Massive New Technological Advance? If This Sounds Familiar, It’s Because It Is.

Hundreds of students, parents and educators are urging Bend-La Pine Schools to pump the brakes on AI technology. A recent rollback of an AI chatbot highlights the gaps in oversight.
by The Source Editorial Board

Right now, an active group of Bend-La Pine Schools parents, educators and educational experts are pressing the district to slow its roll on using artificial intelligence tools with students in the classroom. BLPS adopted a policy around AI last year, which outlines a few points on how teachers may use AI with students, but it’s […]

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Listen and Learn

Board members at Bend La-Pine Schools to meet with community members after hearing dissenting voices at its first meeting
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

After a return to in-person meetings, school board directors from Bend-La Pine Schools will host listening sessions to meet with the community members in a less formal setting than a typical board meeting, where public comment must be directly related to an agenda item. The first will take place on Thursday, July 29 from 5:30-7:30 […]

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Conservative Candidates are Stoking Needless Fear about the “Critical Race Theory” Boogeyman in Schools. That’s Fake News.

A coordinated effort to push an anti-anti-racist agenda is happening all over the country—including Bend and Redmond
by The Source Staff

It seems the entire community is talking about the current school board elections for Bend-La Pine Schools—a strange turn for a May election, which oftentimes is barely a blip on voters’ radars. While we have already commented on the disservice rendered to local voters when candidates opt not to engage in the non-partisan forums and […]

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A Return to In-Person Instruction… Mostly

Bend-La Pine Schools announces a return for K-3 Jan. 25; all students will head back at least part-time by Feb. 8
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

1/13/20, 4PM: This story has been updated with information on Redmond schools, and a push by some Bend teachers to allow teachers the opportunity to get vaccinated before returning to school buildings. “This made me cry—I’m so happy and so are the kids!” That was the reaction from a mother of two students in Bend-La […]

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New Billboards Honor Class of 2020

Five billboards celebrating Bend-La Pine seniors going up in Central Oregon
Miina McCown

Since the class of 2020 won’t get a typical graduation ceremony because of closures due to COVID-19, Bend-La Pine Schools is honoring graduating high school seniors on five billboards around Central Oregon. Starting Monday, the billboards honoring the graduating classes of five of the district’s high schools will feature photos of each senior.  “We wanted to […]

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Connecting to Local Resources: Find Them All Here. (Incluye enlaces a recursos españoles)

From food to unemployment, tap these resources through this COVID-19 pandemic
Laurel Brauns

This page will be regularly updated with services, contact information, and ways you can stay connected with the community and help others as we weather the storm created by COVID-19 together. Many thanks to Pandemic Partners-Bend for compiling a list of helpful resources that we used to create this article. Connect with Pandemic Partners-Bend on […]

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