Years into the economic recovery, and despite statewide efforts, Oregon’s homeless student population continues to creep higher When Oregon’s education department releases its K-12 homeless student count later this month, the report will show a disturbing ...
10 Nov 2014 - Jacques Von Lunen
Every day, the small boy wakes up behind the Safeway grocery store. He packs all of his belongings in a backpack, cleans up at a gym and heads off to school. His mother and her new boyfriend live in a van parked in front of the store. She doesn’t want her ...
8 Oct 2014 - Jacques Von Lunen
The Londer Learning Center is facing new dual challenges to its mission of educating adults transitioning out of prison or drug treatment — from the loss of federal money and a new testing standard. It is unclear yet exactly how these changes will affect ...
1 Jul 2014 - Jacques Von Lunen
Thousands of fresh-faced high school graduates filed through the Veterans Memorial Coliseum this month, happy to transition out of their teenage years. But the small group of students who threw their caps in the air inside the Multnomah Building in Southe ...
1 Jul 2014 - Jacques Von Lunen