Schools

How one teacher’s struggle to save her son led her to take on Oregon’s reading crisis.

Adrien Bennings will receive a $261,000 severance package and a $25,000 retention bonus as part of the voluntary separation.

The proposed layoffs will accompany other measures, including a tuition hike.

The 17-person body emphasized frustrations around transparency, noting the current budget is difficult to navigate.

The Portland School Board unanimously approved the renaming of Jason Lee Elementary School in East Portland to Sunrise Elementary School on Tuesday night.

The chaos is exhilarating, and not without risks.

An April 29 meeting of the Citizens Bond Accountability Committee provides the most explicit insight into the district’s goals for just how safe these buildings will be after multi-million dollar improvements are completed.

At an advocate-organized school funding forum, state Sen. Kate Lieber and state Rep. Tawna Sanchez said they anticipate more dire times to come.

Parents and community members may look at the string of deficits at PPS and wonder how it is that PPS never seems to balance its checkbook. WW took a closer look at the numbers and reached three conclusions.

Sen. Lisa Reynolds might seem a surprising backer, given that many in Northwest Portland blame her for killing Senate Bill 1573.

Richmond Elementary School principal Stacy Eto-Tharp is on indefinite leave, Portland Public Schools announced in an email to parents last Thursday.

Use OJP’s new Attendance Tracker to learn how well your school performed in the first half of the 2025–26 school year.