Rob Manning
Rob Manning is a news editor at Oregon Public Broadcasting, with oversight of reporters covering education and business. Rob became an editor in 2019, following about 15 years covering schools and universities in Oregon and Southwest Washington as OPB's education reporter.
Rob was part of an OPB team that won a Peabody Award in 2009 for "Hard Times," which examined the regional effects of the Great Recession. More recently, Rob has earned multiple honors for leading OPB's long-term project, “Class Of 2025.”
Rob’s reporting in 2017 with OPB’s Tony Schick on problems at Chemawa Indian School, a federal boarding school in Salem, Oregon, for Native American students, has led to congressional inquiries and hearings.
Latest Stories
Oregon’s goal for the Class of 2025 is approaching. So what’s a graduation rate anyway?
Graduation rates are a critical metric for measuring high school success, but one number doesn't always tell the whole story.
Evergreen students to return as teachers and district reach contract agreement
Members of the Evergreen Education Association voted Monday morning to approve a new collective bargaining agreement with the district.
Camas teachers’ strike settled. Evergreen walkout continues. Portland strike possible later
Camas and Evergreen students missed the start of school due to a teachers strike. Portland classrooms opened as planned, but a strike could close them.
3 executives for Oregon investment firm receive long sentences for fraudulent conspiracy
Three former leaders of Aequitas Capital Management are headed to federal prison following a sentencing decision Thursday.
Camas teachers reach deal with district. Classes can resume Friday
The tentative agreement announced late Wednesday by the teachers union appears to be ending the Camas strike after six days.
Teachers in east Vancouver’s Evergreen district set to strike Wednesday
Teachers in Southwest Washington’s largest school district are set to strike Wednesday, becoming the second school system in Clark County to have the first day of school disrupted by unresolved contract talks.
Plan to relocate Jefferson High School students meets opposition from parents
Portland Public Schools officials say the only viable option for students during the three-year construction project is to be relocated 11 miles away to the Marshall campus.
2 Southwest Washington districts could see teacher strikes disrupt the first day of school
Evergreen and Camas teachers have authorized strikes as the union continues bargaining talks with administrators.
OHSU and Legacy Health agree to merge, shaking up the Portland region’s health care landscape
The complicated merger has major ramifications for health care in the Portland metro area and across much of Oregon.
Oregon’s unemployment rate in July matches record low
July’s 3.4% percent is the lowest the jobless rate in the state has been since the end of 2019, and before the pandemic shot the unemployment rate into double digit territory.