School Daze
While educators, politicians and scientists debate the risks and benefits of in-person schooling, students, parents and businesses feel the pain.
Education
Pandemic Accelerates Child Care Solutions
A new task force aims to ease the burden of child care on working parents.
Class of COVID-19
A spring shutdown devastated Oregon’s colleges and universities. How will they survive the financial fallout from the pandemic?
College Crunch
The president of Linfield University on the impact of COVID-19 on the higher education sector.
Childcare Providers Fear Closure
Despite large demand, daycares and preschools are operating at lower capacity, worsening an existing childcare shortage.
Innovation Without Borders
How cross-disciplinary collaboration has shaped, and continues to accelerate, Oregon’s business sector.
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?
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?