I am a proud Pell Grant recipient and the first in my family to earn an undergraduate degree in the U.S. and become an engineer. My parents are immigrants and sacrificed a lot for me. Now it’s up to ...

What do you say to a graduating class raised by disruption, shaped by contradiction and now handed a future defined by code? You don’t give advice. You hold up a mirror. The Class of 2025 isn’t ...

That question guides “Class of 2025: Growing Up In Oregon Schools”, the final major installment in OPB’s 13-year project following a cohort of students from kindergarten to graduation. “Next year’s ...

Remarks prepared by Cedric Rucker, a 1984 graduate of the University of Virginia, currently serving as special advisor to the vice president and chief student affairs officer, to deliver to the ...

Thirteen years ago, the students in OPB’s Class of 2025 project started kindergarten together at Earl Boyles Elementary School in the David Douglas School District in Southeast Portland. The 20 ...