Oregon Education

Oregon employers say job seekers lacking in soft skills

The Oregon City campus of Clackamas Community College, June 27, 2022. Beth Nakamura/Staff

Oregon employers say job seekers lacking in soft skills

Employers are generally happy with the level of education and the basic skills that Oregon workers bring to the table, a new report says. But they find workers lacking in specific occupational skills related to their career fields, in advanced skills like critical thinking and problem-solving, and soft skills like leadership and teamwork, employers report.

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Oregon community colleges battling feds over allegations flight schools were overpaid veterans benefits

Robert Cutter, a former aviation student at Portland Community College, barely finished out the school’s flight training program when the college stopped accepting veterans benefits amid a fight with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Courtesy Robert Cutter.

Oregon community colleges battling feds over allegations flight schools were overpaid veterans benefits

The colleges’ plight was part of a larger national conflict over whether schools used veterans benefits judiciously to help former military members gain the credentials needed to get well-paying civilian jobs – or whether overpriced training programs unfairly enriched the private flight companies that schools often contracted with for services.

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Opinion: A historic opportunity to invest in principals – and boost equity – in Portland’s schools

It’s first day of school at the newly renovated and renamed Leodis V. McDaniel High School in Southeast Portland. September 1, 2021. Beth Nakamura/Staff

Opinion: A historic opportunity to invest in principals – and boost equity – in Portland’s schools

Principals play a critical role in ensuring that students can reach their potential, writes Robbie Davis, principal at da Vinci Middle School in Portland. With the help of a grant from the Wallace Foundation, Portland Public Schools is embarking on a community-wide effort to improve recruitment, training and support for principals that will help boost equity throughout the district.

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‘Eyes watching, ears listening’: Portland-area schools tee up kindergarten success with expanded summer programs

A group of early learners at the Hillsboro bilingual enrichment program at Witch Hazel Elementary School, in Hillsboro, Oregon on Wednesday, July 6, 2022.

‘Eyes watching, ears listening’: Portland-area schools tee up kindergarten success with expanded summer programs

A huge infusion of federal pandemic aid helped school districts to expand summer programs for early learners this year, most with a focus on students from low-income backgrounds, students of color and those with special needs.

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Hundreds of Oregon’s disabled students are illegally denied full school days, new report finds

A class action lawsuit names four Oregon students, including then-fourth-grader Elijah, shown here in 2018, whose schools limit them to part-time education based on their disabilities. Elijah is named only by his initials in the lawsuit.

Hundreds of Oregon’s disabled students are illegally denied full school days, new report finds

An outside consultant in a class-action lawsuit filed against the Oregon Department of Education found that the use of shortened school days in response to outbursts by students with disabilities is more widespread and unregulated than advocates previously imagined.

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