Report urges Oregon lawmakers to reject deep cuts in higher education
State lawmakers should avoid making drastic cuts to higher education, a new report urges.
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Oregon Statewide Report Card reflects COVID-19 challenges
The 2019-20 edition of the Oregon Statewide Report Card is now available on the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) website.
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Bend-La Pine Schools students, staff to celebrate College and Career Day
On Friday, Bend-La Pine Schools students and staff will don the colors of their favorite college, university, trade school or other post-secondary educational institution as part of the district’s longstanding annual College and Career Day.
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State health officials, OSAA bar indoor K-12 athletics amid 2-week freeze
The Redmond School District has paused all indoor K-12 athletics, including practices, training and games, to comply with an updated order from the governor’s office and guidance from Oregon Health Authority and Oregon School Activities Association.
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NW youth to explore agriculture through virtual reality, online activities
In the age of COVID-19, middle and high school students in Oregon and Washington will be able to explore agriculture through immersive experiences, including virtual reality, and online activities that they will help create, thanks to a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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OSU adapts COVID-19 testing of students and employees as holidays near
TRACE OSU, Oregon State University’s weekly COVID-19 prevalence testing of students and employees, is adjusting to serve thousands of OSU students who may travel over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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OSU researchers make key advance for printing circuitry on wearable fabrics
Electronic shirts that keep the wearer comfortably warm or cool, as well as medical fabrics that deliver drugs, monitor the condition of a wound and perform other tasks may one day be manufactured more efficiently, thanks to a key advance by Oregon State University researchers.
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Bend councilors OK more funding for messaging on COVID, stiffer fine
The Bend City Council met in an emergency session Thursday to discuss the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Oregon and Deschutes County.
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OSU-Cascades fall enrollment up nearly 5%, despite COVID-19 challenges
Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, fall term enrollment at Oregon State University–Cascades has increased 4.9%, compared with 2019, and includes 27% more first-year students and 16% more transfer students, the school announced Tuesday.
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Bend-La Pine students, area leaders urge celebrating World Kindness Day all year long
Middle school students from Bend-La Pine Schools are joining with local leaders in a regional campaign to encourage students, families, community members and residents of Central Oregon to choose kindness on Nov. 13 — and all year long — to create a kinder Central Oregon.
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Statewide study details COCC’s sizable economic impact on region
As Oregon looks to a long-term economic rebound in the era of COVID-19, a recently released statewide study reveals just how important Central Oregon Community College is to the regional economy
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Bend mayor calls emergency council meeting as school board urges COVID-19 rules crackdown
Bend Mayor Sally Russell has called an emergency city council meeting for noon Thursday to discuss new steps to curb the area’s spike in COVID-19 cases, after the Bend-La Pine School Board fired off a letter pressing local officials and police to quickly consider stronger short-term action, including “formal restrictions on tourism and businesses.”
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What the state’s new COVID-19 metrics mean for C.O. schools
Despite two straight days of record COVID-19 case numbers, Gov. Kate Brown and other state officials on Friday unveiled new, more flexible guidelines for more — but not all — students to return to classrooms.
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New OSU program boosts rural outreach to promote mental health, well-being
A new Oregon State University program is working to improve mental health and address substance use in rural communities by building on existing local partnerships.
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OSU researchers at work on better, faster way to design, build, maintain buildings
Researchers at the Oregon State University College of Engineering are working on a better, faster way for architects and engineers to design, construct and manage buildings.
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COCC plans ‘cautious approach’ for winter term; a few more in-person classes
Central Oregon Community College presented its plans for the winter 2021 term at its monthly board of directors meeting Thursday, with few changes to be made from its fall term.
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Crook County schools expect to remain open as state looks at revising COVID-19 metrics
Crook County schools should be able to stay open “into the foreseeable future,” as the state looks to revise COVID-19 metrics to be “more flexible,” Superintendent Dr. Sara Johnson told families Thursday.
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When the Oregon Department of Education announced new exceptions for opening small and rural schools in Oregon this past summer, Pioneer High School – which has traditionally functioned as an alternative school – jumped at the chance to revamp its mission and offer more opportunities for local high school students.
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Crook County schools seek state metrics waiver to keep grade 4-12 students in class
Crook County Schools Superintendent Dr. Sara Johnson sent a letter Wednesday to Colt Gill, director of the Oregon Department of Education, asking for a waiver from last week’s COVID-19 metrics.
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Central Oregon schools get creative to make yearbooks happen amid pandemic
A visit to Bend’s Summit High School at a usually busy time of year on Tuesday encountered an unusually quiet campus.
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