This Portland Preschool Teacher Is Spending Quarantine Reading Classic Children’s Books on YouTube—While Sitting in a Canoe

His soothing pace and animated vocals—he’ll growl, squawk, or even imitate an entire marching band when the script calls for it—has earned him invitations to lead story times at local farmers markets.

Murmurs: Governor Doesn’t Have COVID-19

In other news: Idaho follows the Oregon Trail to vote-by-mail.

Oregon Department of Education Says Schools May Not Reopen Before June, Shifts to Support Distance Learning

“We…foresee the strong possibility that our students may not come back through our school house doors this academic year.”

Oregon’s University Union Approves Strike If Bargaining Fails

If the union and public universities can’t settle, then the union plans to strike Sept. 30.

Oregon is Lacking Financial Education to Support Its Communities for a Better Future. Financial Beginnings Oregon is Giving Us the Tools to Help.

Soon You Can Be a Portland Cop With a GED and a Neck Tattoo

PPB to allow applicants with beards, and no college education, citing a “critical staffing shortage”

Teachers File Federal Lawsuit Saying the Oregon Education Association Prevented Them From Quitting the Union

An anti-union group and three public school teachers filed a new federal lawsuit against the Oregon Education Association.

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