The bulk of 2019 s Arts Taxes went to PPS to help hire arts teachers. Author: Mila Mimica Updated: 4:51 PM PST March 11, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Every year in early spring, KGW gets a barrage of emails from viewers asking what the point of Portland s annual $35 Arts Tax is, and where that money goes.
The Arts Tax was a ballot measure approved by voters in the November 2012 election and is meant to provide funding to arts education and grants to nonprofits.
Most of the money is split among 6 school districts and charter schools in Portland. The majority of the money always goes to Portland Public Schools as it s the biggest school district in our city.
The impact of providing hands-on, interactive projects With inventXYZ, President’s Innovation Prize winner Nikil Ragav has created a high-tech curriculum for high school to motivate future problem-solvers. Winner of the 2020 President’s Innovation Prize, Nikil Ragav
Nikil Ragav’s inventXYZ program is dedicated to bringing high-tech, hands-on education to high school students everywhere by setting up makerspaces, or collaborative work spaces, at partner schools across the country.
His proposal to address that need was selected for the 2020 President’s Innovation Prize, which includes an award of $100,000, and an additional $50,000 living stipend.
“Nearly every job, regardless of industry, from manufacturing to marketing,” says Ragav, “is fundamentally changing due to advances in robotics, AI, automated manufacturing, internet connected electronics, and data science.”
February 26 2021
A group of protesters says online learning is a failure and it is safe to go back to in-person learning.
Naomi Haring is hurtling toward the end of her freshman at Barlow High School, but she has never taken a class in the Barlow building. She joined a clutch of people at the administrative offices of the Gresham-Barlow School District this week, calling for schools to reopen buildings for in-person classes. We re not being effectively educated online. It s not possible to get a good education and be prepared for college, she said at the afternoon rally Wednesday, Feb. 24. Our mental health is going down really fast. It s taken a big impact on students of all ages, she added.
Portland Public Schools:
In the latest update from the school board, it said that it has expanded in-person learning opportunities but has not yet started hybrid learning for all K-5 students as it had intended.
In January, PPS chief of schools Dr. Shawn Bird spoke on the moves PPS was making to try and make hybrid learning possible. It hopes to begin the transition in April.
“School administrators have been identifying the students that are eligible, and they’re reaching out to families individually, making sure that families understand this is optional and we want to make sure they feel safe,” he said.
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