News Cathy Mincberg, who was hired in 2005 by then-Superintendent Vicki Phillips for Portland Public Schools, is leaving the district for a new job. Mincberg will be vice president and chief academic officer with a Portland-based online education provider (whose websites bear eery resemblance to online advertisements for certain pharmaceuticals.) But I digress. Mincberg's four-year tenure at PPS ...   More

News If you've ever wondered if it's possible for Stephen Colbert to not be funny, check out this earnest video I just happened to come across of Colbert speaking and then interviewing Vicki Phillips, former superintendent of Portland Public Schools. The April interview with Phillips, who now works at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, supports donorschoose.org, a website for giving ...   More