Vote to remake Portland high schools delayed until September or later
By Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian
June 21, 2010, 9:28PM
Portland district leaders put off until fall the tough decisions about how many high schools, and of what size, the district will operate and where beginning in fall 2011 Full story »Starting in the womb, females have an advantage over males
By Joe Rojas-Burke, The Oregonian
June 21, 2010, 9:00PM
Soon after conception, as embryos in their mother's wombs, males adopt a risky, fast-growth strategy. And that appears to set a trajectory that makes them more vulnerable than females during fetal development and for the rest of their lives, say Dr. David Barker and Dr. Kent Thornburg, both professors at Oregon Health & Science University. Full story »Hillsboro superintendent: Students need support as district tightens belt
By Washington County Reader Contributor
June 21, 2010, 10:01AM
Students and staff need our support to get through tough times, Hillsboro schools Superintendent Mike Scott says. Full story »Authorities will collect questionnaires at Skyline School about day Kyron Horman went missing
By Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian
June 19, 2010, 5:55PM
A police officer will be at Skyline between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday to accept the questionnaires asking parents, teachers and staff to recall what happened June 4. Full story »ADVERTISEMENT: Southwest Charter School students share what they learn about the old Willamette streetcar line with podcasts
By Anne Laufe, Special to The Oregonian
June 19, 2010, 8:00AM
One student adopts an Irish accent. Two others pretend to be a newscaster and the president of a local company. And a fourth mimics the voice of a game-show host as he questions contestants about the physical attributes of streetcars. This isn't another school play but a series of podcasts created by middle school students at Southwest Charter School about the past, present and future of the Willamette Shore Line streetcar. Full story »
Vote to remake Portland high schools delayed until September or later
By Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian
June 21, 2010, 9:28PM
Portland district leaders put off until fall the tough decisions about how many high schools, and of what size, the district will operate and where beginning in fall 2011 Full story »
Starting in the womb, females have an advantage over males
By Joe Rojas-Burke, The Oregonian
June 21, 2010, 9:00PM
Soon after conception, as embryos in their mother's wombs, males adopt a risky, fast-growth strategy. And that appears to set a trajectory that makes them more vulnerable than females during fetal development and for the rest of their lives, say Dr. David Barker and Dr. Kent Thornburg, both professors at Oregon Health & Science University. Full story »
Hillsboro superintendent: Students need support as district tightens belt
By Washington County Reader Contributor
June 21, 2010, 10:01AM
Students and staff need our support to get through tough times, Hillsboro schools Superintendent Mike Scott says. Full story »
Authorities will collect questionnaires at Skyline School about day Kyron Horman went missing
By Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian
June 19, 2010, 5:55PM
A police officer will be at Skyline between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday to accept the questionnaires asking parents, teachers and staff to recall what happened June 4. Full story »
Southwest Charter School students share what they learn about the old Willamette streetcar line with podcasts
By Anne Laufe, Special to The Oregonian
June 19, 2010, 8:00AM
One student adopts an Irish accent. Two others pretend to be a newscaster and the president of a local company. And a fourth mimics the voice of a game-show host as he questions contestants about the physical attributes of streetcars. This isn't another school play but a series of podcasts created by middle school students at Southwest Charter School about the past, present and future of the Willamette Shore Line streetcar. Full story »