Portland considers adding Yom Kippur, Eid al-Fitr to school calendar
The Jewish and Muslim holidays could be added to the 2025-26 calendar, and would cost the district about $65,000 each to add.
Oregon lawmakers propose bill to fund summer learning
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon legislators are making a last-minute push for summer school funding. House Bill 2007 would provide $35 ...
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A 2023 Bill Allowed Classified School Employees to Collect Unemployment Benefits
That’s because of a bill quietly passed by the Oregon Legislature in 2023 that allows classified school employees to collect ...
Early dominance: An oral history of Duke star Cooper Flagg’s rise to prominence in Maine
We all know how good Cooper Flagg is at basketball now. But how good was the Duke star as a freshman ... in high school?
Here’s where Portland’s arts tax money went last year
Every year, Portlanders 18 and older who make above $1,000 in households over the poverty level are asked to pay a $35 per ...
Trump administration says Maine’s transgender student policies conflict with parental access laws
The federal Department of Education says Maine school districts' violate FERPA by withholding from parents records about a ...
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Readers Respond to Portland’s High School Construction Plan
Portland needs to show civic pride and update these schools as soon as possible. Cleveland was recently ranked the No. 5 high ...
🌱 Portland schools enforce cell phone ban during hours
Oregon Lawmakers Push to Ban Cell Phones in Schools with Off-and-Away-All-Day Bill (dailytidings.com) — Portland public ...
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Trump DOE investigating school district for letting trans girl participate in girls’ track
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) launched an investigation this week into an Oregon school district, the latest in the Trump administration’s crackdown on states that allow transgender ...
Portland Hearts of Pine's journey from dream to reality
Gabe Hoffman-Johnson stood next to a sunny soccer field and smiled. The professional men's soccer team he'd founded was on the field, having a fun, energetic training session. Two days later the team ...
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State Reps. react to Title IX investigations into Portland Public Schools
PORTLAND, Ore. -Some Oregon Republicans are praising the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for ...
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Vancouver Public Schools superintendent to leave district after the school year
Vancouver Public Schools Superintendent Jeff Snell is leaving the district to serve as the Washington Association of School Administrators’ new executive director.