AltWeeklies Wire
Gambling With Kids' Futuresnew
Millions for an Oregon schools rainy-day fund are instead going to risky venture capital.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
11-14-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Reading, Writing, Revolversnew
What a Medford teacher wanting to bring her gun to class could mean for Portland public schools.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
10-10-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
High School YouTube Fight Dies Downnew
The media storm over a Jefferson High YouTube video appears to have blown over now that students are fighting the charges.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
07-30-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Reading, Writing and Religion in Portland Public Schoolsnew
At least eight religious groups rent Portland Public Schools facilities on a weekly basis, bringing in nearly $170,000 annually for the district.
Willamette Week |
Don McIntosh |
07-12-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Get Smart: Fluid Models of Educationnew
Portlanders want to keep learning, and we want to do it on the cheap.
Willamette Week |
Julie Sabatier |
05-16-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Taking a 'Paige' from the Bush Administrationnew
Portland Public Schools agreed to pay $4,000 to a local writer to pen good-news articles and place them in regional and national publications.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
03-22-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Hurricane Vickinew
Portland Public Schools Superintendent Vicki Phillips has huffed and puffed for nearly three years now. Will she blow the city's schoolhouse down?
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-07-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Buy The Book?new
Our comparison shopping for history textbooks finds lies, misrepresentations and omissions.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
01-10-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Losing Their Religionnew
A church's charter-school application rises again, and so does the debate over whether the school is secular.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
11-16-2006 |
Education
Tags: Education
Schools' 'Broad' Agendanew
The role of the Broad Foundation, an organization devoted to making schools more businesslike, in Portland schools alarms teachers and some parents.
Willamette Week |
Don McIntosh |
05-03-2006 |
Education
Tags: Education
