The Oregonian

The University of Oregon sends students to apartments and puts 800 on a waiting list due to higher enrollment

If high schoolers fail exams, they could graduate if they can show skills and get teachers' approval

Schools - More non-native students in Oregon are succeeding after the state goes to a new teaching style

Oregon schools have dramatically changed the way they teach English to non-native speakers over the past two years, and the new methods are paying off with more students reaching proficiency, new state figures show.

By Amy Hsuan, Melissa Navas and Bill Graves
It would take months for the agency that licenses Oregon teachers to discipline a Salem-area teacher for inappropriately touching at least eight girls. To get Kenneth John Cushing, then 44, away from Claggett Creek Middle School students immediately, administrators cut him a deal:

The portrayal of antidepressant drugs in medical journals significantly overstates their effectiveness, according to a study led by Oregon researchers

The Chalkboard Project calls on Oregon to do more to train faculty. This year, Treadwell's school implemented a new teacher training program to give teachers time to meet in small groups to collaborate on classroom strategies. The team approach is part of the Oregon City School District's revamped professional development initiative.

The pot of money -- and the income level to qualify -- doubles to address rising tuition.

Higher education - A state board will end most fees at Oregon's seven campuses by rolling them into tuition charges by 2011.

Officials work to find a way to keep full-day programs going if parents can't be charged for them.

Oregon's children - More than a fourth in state care get psychiatric drugs, with little training, oversight or review
An Albany foster mother recalls a 5-year-old boy medicated so heavily that he lived in an endless cycle of sleeping, rising for a meal, taking his pills and collapsing back into bed.

When a blackface photo and a noose followed the stereotypes on campus, a "protest was needed."

Six-year-old allegedly threatened other students as well, school reported
EAGLE POINT — A first-grader was suspended Tuesday for drawing a stick figure shooting another in the head with a gun and allegedly threatening students.

A state survey shows dental health worsening among 4,000 first- through third-graders.

The Portland district will discuss letting students attend out-of-area schools.