Innovation Without Borders
How cross-disciplinary collaboration has shaped, and continues to accelerate, Oregon’s business sector.
- Published in Education
- by Sander Gusinow
Education
Gains and Losses
Oregon’s property tax laws and abatement of corporate taxes have impoverished schools. Can the new billion-dollar business tax help solve chronic underfunding?
- Published in Education
- by Jason Notte
School Funding: "Not Your Mother’s Bake Sale"
The Beaverton High School Success Fund proves that public schools can raise substantial private money. Should this be the future of school funding?
- Published in Education
- by Amy Milshtein
Green Is the New Black
An environmental literacy program for prisoners is preparing inmates for a professional life in the green economy.
Photo Essay: Teachers Protest Lack of Funding
Highlights from this week's rallies by teachers demanding more funding for education.
- Published in Education
- by Jason Kaplan
Foul Play
Corporate sponsorship deals have turned college sports into a lucrative business, but they do little to benefit the students universities are supposed to serve.
- Published in Education
- by Caleb Diehl
Colleges push back against budget cuts
Governor's budget maintains public university support at same level
- Published in Education
- by Caleb Diehl
New tech school tackles diversity challenge head on
Warner Pacific University partners with business community to provide new technical degrees.
The Consolidator
The CEO of KinderCare discusses the impact of consolidation, the tight labor market and why more employers are choosing onsite day cares.
Bolstering the nation’s strongest sex education laws, as federal government pushes abstinence only
Oregon has the most comprehensive sex ed standards in the country. School districts are scrambling to catch up.
- Published in Education
- by Caleb Diehl