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Portland State University will embed AI chatbots and peer tutors in high-attrition STEM and business courses under a nearly $3 million federal grant targeting first-generation and low-income students.
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View MorePortland report finds Black voter gains but widening income gap
The Urban League of Portland's 2026 State of Black Oregon report shows Black voter participation nearly doubled since 2012, but the income gap with white households grew by $9,000 and Black teachers make up just 0.9% of Oregon's teaching workforce.
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View MorePSU opens $90 million mass-timber art school downtown
Portland State University cut the ribbon on the Jordan Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design on Oct. 13, opening a 106,000-square-foot mass-timber building that replaces a parking lot at the southern end of the South Park Blocks.
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View MorePSU professor burns 100 pickles to solve glowing mystery
Portland State University assistant professor Josh Méndez burned more than 100 pickles in his downtown Portland lab and found that the decades-old glowing-pickle mystery has a hybrid answer: an electrical spark ignites hydrogen gas at the negative electrode.
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View MorePortland teachers union launches petition to pause school closures
The Portland Association of Teachers has launched a "pauseclosures" petition and sent a teacher and parent to KBOO radio to argue against closing up to 20 PPS schools, escalating organized opposition ahead of the district's expected October release of closure scenarios.
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View MorePSU forecast shows Portland seniors overtaking children by 2036
A Portland State University forecast projects Multnomah County's senior population will outnumber children within a decade, a demographic shift driving PPS school closures, a Preschool for All seat surplus and evolving city spending priorities.
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View MorePPS panel weighs screen ban for K-2 students
Portland Public Schools' policy committee largely supported a draft that would ban screens for K-2 students and cap device time across all grades, with a final policy targeted for November.
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View MorePPS board votes Tuesday on bond fraud-risk audit response
Portland Public Schools' board meets Tuesday evening to vote on the district's formal responses to a draft audit that found the $1.83 billion bond program faces heightened fraud risk tied to a $61.5 million contract with Texas-based firm Procedeo.
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View MorePSU fall term opens Monday under threat of staff strike
Portland State University students starting fall term Monday face potential disruptions to financial aid, registrar and IT services as 4,600 classified workers at Oregon's seven public universities prepare to strike after voting 97% to authorize a walkout.
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View MorePrescott Elementary students pick colors for new Parkrose mural
Nearly 300 Prescott Elementary students voted on colors for a new mural at the Parkrose School District office, with a community painting event open to all set for Saturday, Sept. 12.
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View MorePortland council votes 8-4 to plan new PSU arts venue
Portland City Council voted 8-4 on Wednesday to advance planning for a new 3,000-seat performing arts venue at Portland State University, choosing the PSU campus over renovating the aging Keller Auditorium. The city administrator's office has until Dec. 1 to finalize a deal with PSU, but no city dollars have been committed yet.
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View MorePortland board backs closing up to 20 schools
Five of seven Portland school board members have directed Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong to plan for closing up to 20 schools, double the spring estimate, as the district faces a projected $65.2 million budget gap and the teachers union mounts organized opposition.
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View MoreEx-Arleta principal now teaches kindergarten at Sitton Elementary
A former PPS principal removed after a student ingested crack cocaine at Arleta K-8 in 2019 now appears as a kindergarten teacher at Sitton Elementary under a new name, KOIN 6 reports, and the district has not explained how she returned to a classroom.
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