{"id":17256,"date":"2026-11-02T13:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T20:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=17256"},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:26:39","slug":"why-do-you-have-the-worst-schools-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=17256","title":{"rendered":"Why do you have the worst schools in the country?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actual sign here in Portland. People wonder why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\/news\/education\/wallethub-study-ranks-oregon-among-the-worst-in-education\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\/news\/education\/wallethub-study-ranks-oregon-among-the-worst-in-education\/\">Oregon schools are consistently ranked in the bottom 5 states<\/a>. Portland Public Schools have had a history of wasted funds, underperformance, and will soon be closing up to 10 schools due to a net population decline for several of the last years as people move away from the widespread homeless problems as well as some of the highest taxes in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I guess it really helps when your teachers are high too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"685\" data-attachment-id=\"17257\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=17257\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/09\/ifj8ww8p0fkh1.jpeg?fit=900%2C963&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,963\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"ifj8ww8p0fkh1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/09\/ifj8ww8p0fkh1.jpeg?fit=640%2C685&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/09\/ifj8ww8p0fkh1.jpeg?resize=640%2C685&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/09\/ifj8ww8p0fkh1.jpeg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/09\/ifj8ww8p0fkh1.jpeg?resize=252%2C270&amp;ssl=1 252w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/09\/ifj8ww8p0fkh1.jpeg?resize=280%2C300&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/09\/ifj8ww8p0fkh1.jpeg?resize=768%2C822&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actual sign here in Portland. People wonder why Oregon schools are consistently ranked in the bottom 5 states. Portland Public Schools have had a history of wasted funds, underperformance, and will soon be closing up to 10 schools due to a net population decline for several of the last years as people move away from the widespread homeless problems as well as some of the highest taxes in the country. 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