The place to learn and talk about Portland-area schools. Lead contributor is editor and reporter Betsy Hammond. betsyhammond@oregonian.com

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U of Oregon student journalists at The Emerald are in the middle of College Media Madness, currently ranking No. 4. They want to send students an investigative reporting conference. I donated! The Emerald’s trying to reach 100 donors this year. dailyemerald.com/donate
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Just back from brief presser w/ @pdxteachers where @ABonillaPAT says she is confident that teachers will vote to ratify the TA.
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Portland Public Schools student will return to class Monday for 1st school day of November after union and district officials work through marathon negotiations via @jrlsilverman oregonlive.com/education/202…
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🤞that the PDX teacher strike resolves in the next few days. Before it does, I wanted to highlight the voices of special education families, whose kids have really struggled with the disruption to routine and consistency. oregonlive.com/education/202…
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Big class sizes a sticking point in Portland teacher strike: See which elementary schools have many, few or no such classes. We make it easy for you to see biggest, smallest classes in PPS plus the size of each class in any elementary school oregonlive.com/education/202…
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Portland strike update: Per *district* math, the 2 sides are still $200M apart. Biggest cost differential now is class size. PAT proposal=$100M 352 new teachers. PPS=$4.5M to lower ratios. Way closer on salary planning time. oregonlive.com/education/202…
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Supporters of Jefferson High, long the only majority Black high school in Oregon, are calling on Portland schools to demolish its iconic facade to save the school’s very existence, @JRLSilverman reports oregonlive.com/education/202…
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I remember my high school’s teacher strike fondly. It lasted 21 days, and because nobody was telling us anything or talking to us, we spent that time putting together an unauthorized issue of the school paper that we handed out when kids came back.
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University of Oregon announces sustainable textile facility near new Portland campus that will partner with local sportswear companies via @MatthewKish oregonlive.com/business/2023…
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An Oregon high school student was an academic overachiever determined to get into a selective college -- but why? Then a trip to the nation's capital changed it all. Read her first-person account oregonlive.com/education/202…
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