Education

Oregon leaders originally asked to waive all standardized tests. Testing will only be required in one or two subjects.

If approved, Oregon students would only be tested in one or two subjects.

First year of Envirothon impacted by COVID

If a strike does occur, it would be the first-ever faculty strike at an Oregon public university.

Graffiti incidents prompt response

Colleges are leaning heavily on campus custodians. "You may not have seen us before the pandemic, but I guarantee you'll see us now," says Tanya Hughes, a campus building services head in Florida.

Faculty and administration at Oregon Institute of Technology have been butting heads for over a year on a new labor contract. Early this month, administration submitted what they called their best, last, and final offer in the arduous negotiation process.

“Today, Oregon officially returns to in-person instruction, just one year after we closed school buildings,” Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Monday in a Facebook Live event.

The first federal survey on school reopening shows racial and geographic differences in participation in full-time, in person learning.

Many parents report that their special-needs students have gone backward in development during the pandemic-isolating past year.

Oregon education officials would rather not have students return to school, just to spend several days taking state tests.