CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State University has been ranked one of the nation’s 10 best online education providers for the 10th consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report — an accomplishment no other institution in the country can claim. The list, published Wednesday, ranks Oregon State No. 4 out of nearly 350 higher education
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Redmond Proficiency Academy’s Thespian Troupe #7715 recently competed in the annual Oregon Thespians Southern Regional Acting Competition, where they won 35 medals for excellence in numerous acting categories, the greatest number for any school in the region. The annual competition was hosted by North Salem High School, where the event occurred
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Redmond School District is joining schools nationwide this month in celebrating Career and Technical Education Month, shining a spotlight on the invaluable opportunities CTE programs provide for students. CTE courses are designed to create an educational environment which integrates core academics with real-world relevance in various career pathways. :Redmond proudly
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Research involving Oregon State University has shown that a “swarm” of more than 100 autonomous ground and aerial robots can be supervised by one person without subjecting the individual to an undue workload. The findings represent a big step toward efficiently and economically using swarms in a range of roles, from
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Rebecca Robinson has been appointed associate vice president for the newly formed economic development and industry relations office at Oregon State University and also will serve as senior advisor for strategic initiatives at OSU-Cascades. She will start on April 15. Robinson comes to OSU from Kansas State University, where she most
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — An extensive collection of costumes, masks, posters, videos and other theater memorabilia that represent more than 30 years of Central Oregon Community College plays and musicals are the focus of “Magic Circle Theatre: Ephemera 1987-2003,” an art exhibition being held from Feb. 7 to March 8 in the Pinckney Gallery. A
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University will use a $3.5 million grant to lead a multi-state effort focused on developing new varieties of naked or hulless barley that appeal to chefs, brewers, distillers and farmers. Most barley has a tough, unpalatable outer hull around the barley kernel that must be removed before the barley
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After months of lengthy negotiations and amid plans to call in a state mediator, negotiators for the Bend-La Pine Schools and Bend Education Association hammered out a new four-year contract agreement on Monday to replace a contract that expired last summer.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Crook County School Board voted unanimously Monday night to ask voters to support an $11 million maintenance bond measure on the May 21 ballot after significant water leaks and heating issues affected most school buildings during this month’s winter storm. One of the worst leaks impacted the small gym at
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This month in our One Class at a Time segment, Bola Gbadebo speaks with the project manager and champion of Learning Labs, a project that emerged from the i4Innovation education department at the High Desert Education Service District. Learning Labs allows educators to access high quality, curated videos and tutorials at any time and any
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Central Oregon Community College Foundation is awarding $2 million in scholarships for the coming 2024-25 academic year — an all-time high for the college’s scholarship fund. The application window, one of two cycles taking place this year, opens Feb. 1 and closes May 1. Visit cocc.edu/scholarship to learn more. Annual COCC Foundation
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Spray-on coatings for grapes in the vineyard have promise in preventing off flavors in wines that result from contact with wildfire smoke, according to new Oregon State University research announced Monday. Oregon State researchers are developing a product that vineyard managers could spray onto their grapes to protect from wildfire smoke
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The statewide graduation rate for the class of 2023 is 81.3 percent, tying the previous class as the second-highest graduation rate ever recorded in Oregon, according to data released Thursday by the Oregon Department of Education (ODE).
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Author Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts, a literary category winner at the 2023 NAACP Image Awards, is part of Central Oregon Community College’s engaging lineup of free public events in honor of Black History Month, presenting “Black Joy: A Strategy for Freedom, Healing, and Reckoning” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in Wille
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(Update: adding video, comments from students and teachers) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As our Kelsey McGee recently reported, Sky View Middle School’s creative writing class has been working on creating books for younger students. A total of 21 students signed up for the new elective at the middle school. In class, they have been using
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A student at High Desert Middle School released pepper spray in a crowded hallway as the lunch period ended Thursday, bringing police and medics to the scene while several directly affected students rinsed their eyes, hands and arms, school officials said.
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Two more two day-long rounds of teacher contract negotiations for Bend-La Pine Schools made “significant progress” on several issues, the school district said Tuesday. But with another day of bargaining set for next week and much left to resolve, both sides agreed to call in a state mediator to try to help them reach a deal and avert a walkout.
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The Oregon Department of Education has awarded a grant to an OSU-Cascades professor. It’s part of a statewide plan to expand and offer computer science classes to all students K-12 by 2028.
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(Update: adding comments from COCC president, board members) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Local leaders, educators and members of the public gathered at Central Oregon Community College to watch President Dr. Laurie Chesley deliver the first annual State of the College address Wednesday morning. The presentation on their Bend campus was a chance for constituents and
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An Oregon State University-Cascades professor has been assigned a $628,000 award from the Oregon Department of Education to expand universally engaging, culturally appropriate and inclusive computer science education for K-12 students.
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