Education

Multnomah County’s Preschool for All (PFA) application for the 2024-25 year opened on Tuesday, April 2. Preschool for All seats are free and new seats start in September 2024. Children who will be 3 or 4 years old on or before September 1, 2024 and who have at least one parent or legal guardian living in Multnomah County are eligible to apply.

White students at North Central University in Minneapolis, where George Floyd’s memorial services were held, have filed a Civil Rights complaint over the scholarship in his name that is earmarked for Black students.

A new survey finds teachers at high-poverty (read Black) schools are dealing with far more than assigning lessons and grade papers.

Because a disproportionate number of them need federal money to pay for college, Black students might opt out of higher ed.

Studies find students have good jobs in the future when they receive career exposure and work-based learning while attaining their education.

President Joe Biden’s budget plan for 2024 proposes free tuition at U.S. community colleges and includes $90 billion in discretionary spending for the U.S. Department of Education.

A new study finds that Black male elementary school students with Black teachers are less likely to be identified for special education.

Schools may be legally desegregated, but the profession is mostly white and female — and that’s not good for Black children.

Lincoln’s Board of Curators commissioned the third-party review in January, after its vice president for student affairs died by suicide. Antoinette Candia-Bailey emailed a scathing indictment of President John Moseley before she died.

Chronic absenteeism is not a new phenomenon, but a sharp increase in absences after the COVID-19 pandemic has created a serious problem with dire consequences for students, teachers, schools, and communities.