OREGON EDUCATION

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News last week that Paul Allen is fighting cancer again raises unanswerable questions about Allen's future and that of the Blazers and the businesses he runs through his Seattle company, Vulcan Inc. Full story »

This year, it's the helpers who need help. As the region's economic troubles show no sign of lessening, many agencies and nonprofits face their own problems: budget and staff cuts, fewer contributions of cash and resalable goods, and increased demand for their services. Full story »

Faculty at Oregon State University voted this week to support a plan to take two to six furlough days from January through June to help close a budget gap due to state budget cuts.  Full story »

Clackamas Community College students are planning several events to spur discussion about Measures 66 and 67.  Full story »

Can't understand a word your child's teacher says? Try an education jargon dictionary available on-line Full story »

Students completing all five GED exams may earn free credit at PCC Full story »

Homeless teenagers will be treated to an early Thanksgiving on Saturday. Many Hands, a community service group of West Linn sixth-graders, will deliver Thanksgiving-themed sack lunches to the Janus Youth Program's Access Center of Portland. The center serves street-dependent youth, ages 13 to 24, who are seeking support services through Portland's Homeless Youth Continuum.  Full story »

Rob Saxton will discuss the budget and potential effects of ballot measures 66 and 67. Full story »

More than 200 educators gathered at Portland State University today to explore ways they can help more students go to college and succeed when they get there. One theme that prevailed in the conference was that colleges need to help all students, especially disadvantaged ones, connect and feel they belong. Full story »

Washington's superintendent proposes following the Oregon Board of Education's example and delaying the requirement to prove math knowledge to get a diploma. The reaction from Washington's state school board? "Delay is not a winning game plan." Full story »

Shirley Katz, a South Medford High School teacher, said she wanted to bring the gun to school to protect herself from her former husband. Full story »

Portland Community College has teamed with the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services to install a swale, planted with native vegetation, to catch polluted storm-water runoff from a campus parking lot. Full story »

Peter Richardson will be named Oregon's professor of the year today in Washington, D.C., by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Full story »

The Oregon Department of Education applied a streamlined rating scale to the state report cards issued to schools. Schools can now be rated as outstanding, satisfactory and in need of improvement. Full story »