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The Seattle Times Article Rating

Oregon school board votes down resolution expressing support for immigrant students

  • Bias Rating

    -36% Somewhat Liberal

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    25% ReliableLimited

  • Policy Leaning

    -36% Somewhat Liberal

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22% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The school board in a western Oregon community whose residents are predominately Latino or Hispanic has voted down a resolution expressing public support for immigrant students.
56% : It also said the board was committed to eliminating barriers that might keep students from going to school, including "the fear and anxiety related to immigration topics and federal immigration policies.
54% : " The proposed resolution stated that Woodburn schools should be welcome places and that children, regardless of immigration status, have a right to free public education.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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