PDXplained: Here’s What Makes the Sunnyside School Special, And Controversial

📸: Whitney Gomes “What makes the Sunnyside Environmental School different? Is it still a PPS magnet school?” Reader Olivia Dwinell asked us that question for our Sunnyside edition of PDXplained. Here’s what we found out: THE SCHOOL The Sunnyside Environmental School opened in 1994 as a magnet school (or “focus school”) that specializes in giving […]

Ben DeJarnette / January 15, 2019

Want to Improve Graduation Rates? Focus on the Little Ones.

We’ve been talking this month about Oregon’s lowly high school graduation rate — and mostly focusing on what happens after kids start ninth grade. But Mark Holloway, CEO of Social Venture Partners Portland, says what happens before kindergarten might be just as important. Here’s what Mark told us about SVP’s goal to help all children in the […]

Bridgeliner Staff / September 19, 2018