Education

Art Robinson Interview

Airs at: Thu, 02/13/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Between Us

Art Robinson is the president of the Oregon Republican Party and is competing as a candidate for the US House of Representatives in Oregon's 4th District against Democrat Pete Defazio. He talked with Don Merrill about issues ranging from Bitcoin to marijuana including lobb... Read more

Portland High School Students Walk Out in Support of Teachers' Strike Vote

Airs at: Wed, 02/05/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

This morning, hundreds of students walked out of six Portland High Schools in solidarity with the Portland Association of Teachers' strike vote. The PAT reached an impasse in contract negotiations with the Portland Public Schools board on November 20, and the two sides have... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 3 2014

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this Old Mole and, in addition to the music of Pete Seeger, we hear: Bill Resnick and Soraya Chemaly about football as an institution of popular culture. Frann Michel offers a Well-read Red on Education in the Age of Neoliberalism. Joe Cleme... Read more

WRR: Education In The Age of Neo-Liberalism

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel offers a Well-read Red on education in the age of neoliberalism. She outlines the historical transfers of power and responsibility for public education that have deformed the public university into a crass commercial project. From there she interrogates how thi... Read more

Visegrad Group PDX Children's Choirs

Airs at: Tue, 02/04/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Underground

Visegrad Group PDX is an independent association of Czech, Hungarian and Polish Saturday schools working together to promote central European cultures in Portland metro area. With our project we acknowledge the mission of the European Visegrad Group founded in 1991 with th... Read more

PPS Labor Negotiations Continue, Strike Looms

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

Portland Public Schools and the school board are at an impasse in labor negotiations with the teachers' union. The Portland Student Union is solidly behind their teachers and vow to walk with them on the picket line. KBOO's Joe Meyer spoke with Portland Association of Teach... Read more

Oregon Heritage Plan

Airs at: Thu, 01/02/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

More than one thousand mostly small nonprofit groups work in local communities across Oregon to preserve their area's history. A new Oregon Heritage Plan, now up for public comment, is a way to prioritize and coordinate those effots statewide. KBOO reporter Barbara Nelson ... Read more

California Transgender Student Rights Law Goes Into Effect January 1

Airs at: Thu, 12/26/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

California's School Success and Opportunity Act, which puts into law the right of transgender students to use school restrooms and join sports teams according to their gender identity, will go into effect on January 1. However, a conservative coalition called Privacy for Al... Read more

In Depth: Alan Wieder on Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

Airs at: Thu, 12/05/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

KBOO's Jenn Chavez interviews Alan Wieder, author of "Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War against Apartheid" about Nelson Mandela and his role in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Read more

Update on PPS-PAT Contract Talks with PAT President, Gwen Sullivan

Airs at: Mon, 11/25/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks to Gwen Sullivan, President of the Portland Association of Teachers. They bring an update on the contract talks between the Portland Association of Teachers and the Portland Public School district board, the possibility of a strike, and the fight for qual... Read more