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Breaking from @maxoregonian: Appeals court allows Trump to deploy National Guard in Portland oregonlive.com/crime/2025/10/…

Read it here: oregonlive.com/education/2024…

"Readers will finish the piece with a better understanding of social trends in parts of Oregon that might otherwise be overlooked, but they also gain a sense of the generational ambivalence toward higher education that has taken hold far beyond the Pacific Northwest."

Wow! Truly honored to make the list for my story about declining college enrollment among young men in rural Oregon.

Four-term Democratic state lawmaker Janelle Bynum defeated Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in the highly contested 5th Congressional District race. oregonlive.com/politics/2024/…

The Oregonian calls U.S. House Dist. 5 for Janelle S Bynum (D).

The Oregonian calls Wash. U.S. House Dist. 3 for Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D).

If you're waiting on pins and needles for the result of the @bynum4thewin v. @RepLCD race... keep waiting. The 5:30 update has the count holding at 47.6% Bynum, 45.2% LCD and lots of ballots left to be counted. #orpol oregonlive.com/politics/2024/…

The best education journalism of the week is @sami_edge's deep dive into why rural men are skipping out on college. See more in the newsletter. kappanonline.org/russo-canned-s…

Please read the finale of our series on college-going, written by the brilliant @jrlsilverman!

Here are some of its secrets: - All seniors apply to community college as a back up plan - Every day of senior year includes 50 minutes of class with a school counselor - Seniors prep binders full of resumes, transcripts, letters of rec they'll need for adulting

ICYMI, last Sunday we published a story about Lost River high, a tiny 1A school that does a remarkable job of helping students launch into higher ed. oregonlive.com/education/2024…

The partnership between @KlamathCC and Lost River High School is a model for communities across the state. Well done! oregonlive.com/education/2024…

@mlcarmel Aww, Margaret 💖 you're great!

Sami is so great guys!

@antonio__sierra Thanks Antonio!

At Ontario High School, the valedictorian is putting off college because of the anticipated stress of getting a degree. His friend has the grades to go to college but can't afford it. Great story from @sami_edge about why rural boys aren't going to college.

Incredible reporting from @sami_edge and beautiful photos by @bethnakamura over the weekend on this series w/ @jrlsilverman about Oregon's struggles getting kids to college. Here, an inspiring look at the unique success of a school in tiny Lost River: oregonlive.com/education/2024…

Stay tuned for a solutions story tomorrow and more stories to come next week! Thanks always to @EdWriters for a grant that allowed me to travel the state to talk to wonderful students I otherwise wouldn't have met!

Today I bring you dispatches from rural Oregon, where another group has emerged as a cause for concern: boys. Only 1/3 of rural boys went straight to college in 2019 and that rate was even lower for low-income, Latino and Indigenous graduates. oregonlive.com/education/2024…

I'm so happy to finally unveil a series of stories I've been chipping away at for the last six months + amazing photography by @bethnakamura. Oregon high school graduates are opting out of higher ed. That's a problem for equity and the economy. oregonlive.com/education/2024…