Education Archives November 2023
Ahead of Portland teacher strike, plans to offer online coaching for struggling readers draw flak
With Portland teachers on strike, here are options for child care and more
Readers respond: Keep schools open and seek arbitration
‘Stay at the table,’ Kotek tells teachers, Portland Public Schools
UO student workers vote to unionize
Readers respond: Cleveland High School site meant for education
Readers respond: Vote ‘no’ on school measure
Readers respond: Books should not be banned
Editorial: Teachers union should stay at the negotiating table
Readers respond: Teacher motivations have changed
Readers respond: Solve the problem, PPS
Portland teachers march across Burnside Bridge ahead of strike
Class sizes in Oregon are at or near historic lows, but for how long?
PPS families urged to turn down Chromebook loans during strike to ‘support teachers’
What Portlanders want to know about a possible teacher strike: Beat Check podcast
College-going dropped for Oregon’s class of 2021, deepening a pandemic plunge
Oregon’s abysmal chronic attendance problem grew even worse last year, state reveals
Bomb threat in Oregon State food delivery robots stemmed from joke, father says
Readers respond: Portland teachers shouldn’t strike
Oregon State gives ‘all clear’ after receiving threat of a bomb in campus food delivery robots
Got questions about Portland’s looming teacher strike? We’ll get you answers
University of Oregon announces sustainable textile facility near new Portland campus
Pacific University must fork over records, pay $99K in labor complaint settlement
Readers respond: Youth sports complex is idealistic boondoggle
Opinion: Two views of the Portland teachers contract impasse
Portland Public Schools: Stretching school dollars for a multitude of needs (Opinion)
Portland Association of Teachers: Ready to strike for our schools and students (Opinion)
Oregon seeks to jump-start semiconductor workforce with intensive, two-week program
Readers respond: Book bans don’t protect students
After pushback, Portland Public Schools pauses plan to relocate Jefferson High students amid construction
Readers respond: Value teachers; avoid strike
Portland teachers union votes to authorize a strike
Oregon again says students don’t need to prove mastery of reading, writing or math to graduate, citing harm to students of color
Gunfire prompts lockdowns at 3 Vancouver schools
Oregon broadens the scope of health and sexuality education in public schools
Voters in West Linn-Wilsonville School District to weigh in on proposed levy for teachers
North Clackamas School District voters to decide on local option levy
Acrimony, little movement and a ticking strike clock for Portland Public Schools and its teachers’ union
Portland Public Schools eyes a new site for hemmed-in Cleveland High School
After complaints about 36 books, Canby School District bans just 1
LGBTQ+ students at Portland area Catholic schools say they feel silenced by guidance on gender identity
Readers respond: Young adults need foster parent help
Students, legislators push for school districts to tackle climate change: Beat Check podcast
Editorial: Oregon’s education funding formula needs a 21st century upgrade
Opinion: Pac-2 decision time: Will it be innovation or obliteration?
Letter from the Editor: Our newsroom becomes place of learning for interns
FAFSA simplification means delays, but possibly more money, for Oregon college students
As Portland teacher strike looms, families brace for fallout
Oregon falling short of adult higher education goals
Threat causes Estacada schools to close Wednesday; classes will resume Thursday
Portland school board signs off on board chair’s pitch for negotiations over massive youth sports complex
13-year-old Salem boy threatened to shoot up Keizer middle school, police say
Finding my inspiration in our nation’s capital: Youth Voices
Readers respond: Diplomas should not be participation trophies
Readers respond: Find common ground, not Idaho secession
Oregon students visit HBCUs, envisioning a career in science
Letter from the Editor: Quote marks should add clarity not confusion
After viral video, bomb threat and evacuations, discipline changes are under consideration for Tigard-Tualatin schools
Parent of Portland-based NWEA lays off more workers
Feds agree to help restore sacred tribal site demolished by U.S. 26 expansion
Arrest made in a Hazelbrook Middle School threat that followed viral assault video
Warner Pacific gets $3M federal grant to bolster Hispanic student services
Readers respond: Recognize poverty’s impact on learning
Oregon’s teacher licensing agency, poised for a shake-up, gets a key Kotek adviser as its new leader
Oregon’s Pac-12 scramble raises questions about state oversight of higher education
Opinion: Oregon students are missing out on a Washington, D.C. experience
A youth sports complex could rise on the site of a former NE Portland middle school. But is it a conflict of interest for the school board chair?
Salem school district puts music teacher accused of grooming 2 teens on paid leave from elementary school
Hazelbrook Middle School students return to Tualatin campus after threats closed school for 2 days
Readers respond: Climate movement needs everyone
Readers respond: Embrace Indigenous learning for global survival
Threats against Tualatin middle school cancel classes for 2nd day Monday
FAFSA delay? What to do before redesigned student aid form is available in December
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