Schools

The number of arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Oregon has grown to at least 180, a 320% increase from 2024.

The Trump administration has so far withheld tens of millions across five categories that will affect multilingual learners and before- and after-school programs.

Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday delivered a widely-expected executive order on cellphone usage in schools, requiring all 197 Oregon school districts to develop policies implementing a ban from the start to end of regular instructional hours.

The audit found concerns similar to those already widely reported, including delays on modernization projects such as Jefferson High School and the Center for Black Student Excellence.

Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday released a statement reaffirming her position on Preschool for All, which is that Multnomah County officials must do more to address issues plaguing the program’s implementation, while reducing the tax burden on Multnomah County's higher earners.

A group of about four dozen parents, preschool teachers and advocates gathered in front of Escuela Viva in Southeast Portland Wednesday morning for a press conference, urging Gov. Tina Kotek stop threatening Multnomah County’s universal preschool program.

For now, the bill is going nowhere. But Gov. Tina Kotek is hellbent on saving the “whales” she says Preschool for All is driving out of Multnomah County.

An amendment posted late Monday night to an Oregon Senate bill seeks to end Multnomah County’s Preschool for All program.

Jaimie Facchini’s fifth grade class at Vernon K-8 school is like many across Portland Public Schools. But between lessons on reading and mathematics, the tight-knit group of 30 also formed a separate bond through a kindness challenge that helped them raise $1,850 dollars for their school.

The Portland chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America said today that it will fiercely oppose any attempt by Gov. Tina Kotek to pause collection of Multnomah County’s Preschool for All tax, or reduce the tax rate on the Portland region’s highest earners.

The Oregon House of Representatives passed Gov. Tina Kotek’s education accountability package on Monday with bipartisan support, by a vote of 39-15. It now heads for her signature.

Kotek wrote to the Multnomah County chair this month to warn about taxpayers leaving to avoid the tax.

Erin McCloud finds herself in an odd position. She’s about to close one of the two preschools she operates in Southeast Portland, because of a government program designed to increase preschool capacity.

A bill granting striking workers unemployment benefits passed both chambers of Oregon’s legislatures on Thursday. It will now move to Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk, where she’s expected to sign it.

Portland Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong is committing to one of the toughest tests for superintendents nationwide. Through the next year, she will begin conversations in the district around school closures.