May 15, 2018 by Helen Shum

Educators in Portland know how tough it can be to keep students engaged when the weather in this city begins to turn warm. But as the school year winds down and the tantalizing promise of summer edges ever closer, educators from six metro-area districts, including all of the comprehensive high schools in Portland, attended an […]

May 10, 2018 by Helen Shum

Parents of eighth graders at Reynolds Middle School listened with rapt attention as a panel of Reynolds High School students, parents, and staff discussed the one of the most important transitions of their academic careers. As students move from eighth grade to ninth grade, the panel’s advice to parents was unanimous – while it might […]

May 2, 2018 by Helen Shum

By Scott Perry, Director, Oregon Center for High School Success A stopwatch counts impatiently as a handful of teachers and administrators huddle in a side room at St. Helens High School. Every minute counts as the clock inches its way closer to 8AM – the start of regular school hours and the end of this […]