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Bernard Daly did well in Lake County, Oregon, and wanted to make sure that other people who grew up there would have the opportunity to prosper. So before he died in 1920, Daly--physician, rancher, banker, and politician--set up a scholarship fund. -
Rob Manning/OPBMore than $2 million will go to the schools to support the recruitment and retention of rural students.
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California day camps operate without background checks, CPR training, child/adult ratios or required reporting of injury and death. A family whose daughter drowned at a camp is working to change that. -
After a rough couple of years, we asked teachers to tell us how they are doing. Their answers were revealing.
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Alexandra Brodsky, a civil rights lawyer, about her book Sexual Justice: Supporting Victims, Ensuring Due Process, and Resisting the Conservative Backlash
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California schools received more than $33 billion in COVID stimulus money. Some districts won’t say how they’ve spent it.
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A CalMatters investigation found that schools had wildly different approaches to stimulus spending — from laptops to shade structures to an ice cream truck. No centralized database exists to show the public exactly where the money went.
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The special copy of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale was auctioned by Sotheby's on Tuesday. Proceeds will help PEN America in its efforts to oppose book banning.
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What a woman is, and who decides, in 'Girlhood' by Melissa Febos.
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Some teachers have left because of the challenges of teaching during a pandemic, while others were fearful they would contract Covid-19 and some were offered higher-paying jobs. Many just burned out.
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In April, a graphic novel version of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian story The Handmaid’s Tale was pulled from the shelves of North Medford High School after a parent complained about images of nudity, sexual assault, and suicide.
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In the wake of last week’s mass shooting, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, some school districts in the Rogue Valley are preparing to support their communities over the summer.
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Private colleges want to change rules for how police respond to trespassing on campus. Students worry the proposal could lead to racial profiling.
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Ashland High students finalists in NPR Student Podcast Challenge
