The Oregon Journalism Project recently sunk its teeth into the debate about local vs. state control over literacy instruction in schools. One major issue with the state assessment data in Oregon is that parents have been able to opt their children out of the tests for about a decade.
02/13/2026 10:24 AM
Clatskanie, Rainier and St. Helens school districts all saw significant jumps in the number of freshmen earning at least a quarter of the credits they need to graduate in four years. Scappoose continues to maintain rates above 90%.
01/26/2026 2:14 PM
Host Shaena Peterson asked Eva Manderson, the program administrator of our Child Care Resource & Referral team, about the state of child care in Tillamook County and neighboring counties and what her team is doing to develop more child care opportunities for families.
01/14/2026 2:26 PM
G Bundy, a NWRESD professional learning coach, helps school districts expand their career and college readiness offerings. He said these types of career and technical education programs have enthusiastic students who graduate at much higher rates.
08/04/2025 1:37 PM
Discover Our Coast, a news outlet for the Columbia-Pacific region, recently highlighted the work of an elementary student from Seaside.
07/15/2025 11:42 AM
Congrats to Clatskanie High Schooler Grace Hadley on being featured by the Southwest Connection. Grace won an art contest run by our Northwest Early Learning Hub, and her artwork is now featured on early literacy toolkits and a little free library in St. Helens.
06/04/2025 4:07 PM