Schools

A Texas-based contractor said one approach could shave a year off the timeline for students returning. It has now backtracked.

The strikes from two of Portland Community College’s largest unions are the first community college strikes in Oregon history.

Portland Public Schools is scrambling to patch an unexpected $14 million gap in its current year budget, which its leaders say requires cuts to both the central office and the hours of employees working with students.

The superintendent says five to 10 of the district’s 74 elementary, K–8, middle, and alternative schools could be on the chopping block.

In selecting nine schools for seismic retrofits, Portland Public Schools weighed how to reduce life-safety risk within the confines of money allocated toward retrofits in its 2025 school bond.

Portland State University sees department reductions and closures as a necessary step to a financially sustainable future. But its faculty union says the university should instead invest more in growth.

Many of Benson Polytechnic High School's current students were just babies the last time the school had a student paper. Now, student editors have big hopes for its future.

If the strikes drag on, PCC could be a case study for whether unemployment benefits strengthen the determination of employees to hold out for a better deal.

Portland Public Schools’ postsecondary readiness rate, a measure of how prepared graduates will be in college or the workforce after high school, continues to lag behind the district’s high school graduation rate.

Portland Public Schools is negotiating with several of its unions as it looks to patch an unexpected $10 million mid-year budget gap, presenting most with the choice to furlough or lay off large numbers of employees.

The decision marks a striking reversal for the district, who will now support MLC’s recruitment efforts.

PPS is confident that the high school's closure is in line with Portland School Board policy. The board’s members appear split on whether that’s true.