Green Is the New Black
An environmental literacy program for prisoners is preparing inmates for a professional life in the green economy.
Education
Photo Essay: Teachers Protest Lack of Funding
Highlights from this week’s rallies by teachers demanding more funding for education.
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.
Colleges push back against budget cuts
Governor’s budget maintains public university support at same level
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.
These fast-growing Oregon jobs don’t require a college degree
Oregon education needs to focus more on soft skills, work-based training, Harvard speaker says.
Portland public school students walk out to protest gun violence
Students from around 20 Portland area public schools walked out of class today to call attention to gun violence.
Virtual reality project takes on biased discipline in public schools
The Eugene-based initiative aims to solve a serious problem facing K-12 schools.