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  1. Six letters from Sunnyside: Student perspectives on homelessness

    A selection of letters from the Houselessness Cohort at Sunnyside Environmental School in Portland This winter, a group of students from Sunnyside Environmental School formed a Houselessness Cohort to better understand the issue of homelessness. Working w ...

    29 Mar 2019 - Street Roots

  2. New Portland curriculum helps students identify sex trafficking, exploitive relationships

    Youths are taught that the dynamics of a coercive relationship emerge slowly after a power imbalance is established Many youths caught up in the deceptive world of sex trafficking might not even realize it, said Emmy Ritter, executive director of Raphael ...

    15 Mar 2019 - Libby Dowsett

  3. Do we need warnings on Wi-Fi?

    Oregon lawmakers push for guidelines on disclosing possible health risks from electromagnetic radiation in schools It’s everywhere. The electrosmog of radiofrequencies, electromagnetic radiation and all the Wi-Fi glory that keeps our world humming along. ...

    8 Feb 2019 - Joanne Zuhl

  4. Sen. Wyden: Schools need more funding for counselors, mental health

    COMMENTARY | Homeless students deserve the same education as their peers Improving educational outcomes for all of Oregon’s students is urgent business.   That’s why it was so important to me to add a provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act, passed by ...

    8 Feb 2019 - Ron Wyden

  5. Young people deserve sex education

    COMMENTARY | They should have the knowledge, power and resources to make healthy decisions about their bodies What do you think of when you hear “sex ed”? Your own sex education classes? A condom demonstration? Maybe a movie scene with an uncomfortable gy ...

    30 Nov 2018 - Hannah Sokoloff...

  6. Reading, writing and rural health: The effect of Oregon's school nurse shortage

    Beaverton’s Nina Fekaris talks about the complicated overlap of housing, health care and education in Oregon’s rural communities According to Oregon Health & Science University’s Office of Rural Health, Oregon has 53 service areas in 24 counties where ...

    19 Jan 2018 - Sarah Hansell

  7. A man with many hats at Community Transitional School

    Tom Lechner is an art teacher, IT expert, photographer, facilities manager and role model. He’s also the one who makes sure dozens of homeless children get to school each day. Tom Lechner sits at a schoolroom-style desk in one corner of a busy office, a c ...

    17 Sep 2016 - Robin Schauffler

  8. Disadvantaged high-achievers may be harming their health, expert says

    Researcher discusses his study of black, teenage 'strivers' from working-poor families The stresses of poverty are well known among scientists and public policy experts. The effects of erratic sleep while homeless, the constant worry low-income ...

    27 Aug 2015 - Amanda Waldroupe

  9. Student debt a social problem demanding federal action

    Election Day has sadly become a reminder to us all that we are a deeply divided country that doesn’t agree on much. We differ on Democrats vs. Republicans, trickle-down economics vs. a more redistributive approach, a more active and aggressive foreign pol ...

    20 Nov 2014 - M. Nels Johnson

  10. Our corporate classrooms: Bill Bigelow on the dangers of standardized curriculums and fresh ideas

    Bill Bigelow is an educator and activist who taught social studies in the Portland Public Schools for more than 30 years. Though he has left the classroom as a full-time teacher, he is actively involved in the U.S. educational system through his work with ...

    21 May 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar

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