The year they all finish high school — ‘Class Of 2025’
OPB has been following a group of 27 students since kindergarten, to see how they meet Oregon's expectation that every one of them finishes high school.
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'Class Of 2025': Advancing from elementary to middle school
Last June, Ava and Munira finished elementary school. They start middle school next week. They’re part of the Class of 2025 – a key cohort in Oregon's rising expectations for public schools.
Listen now: OPB’s ‘Class Of 2025’ podcast second season now available
OPB's "Class Of 2025" project is following 27 students through school. They're now in middle school — in the middle of a pandemic.
‘Everything in this world just takes longer’ and other distance learning challenges, through the eyes of a principal
The last year hasn’t been easy for anyone - and that certainly includes people charged with running public schools.
New research shows students are struggling in distance learning
New research released Tuesday is giving school leaders across the country their first broad look at how students fared in distance learning over the last several months. The new analysis of test results show students are struggling, even as many Oregon students are continuing school from home this fall. That includes students in OPB’s Class of 2025, a group we’ve been following since 1st grade.
COVID-19, distance learning and the debate over reopening Oregon’s schools
As COVID-19 cases rise and parents push for Oregon schools to reopen, some students caught in the middle are struggling more than others.
‘Class Of 2025,’ Episode 1: The Class Of 2025 and COVID-19
The first episode of the newest season of 'Class Of 2025' starts in spring 2020 - when COVID-19 shut down school buildings.
Music provides place to belong in middle school
The music program in east Portland's David Douglas School District, where most of the students in OPB's Class of 2025 attend school, provides opportunities for students despite family income.
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‘Class Of 2025,’ Episode 1: The Class Of 2025 and COVID-19
‘Class Of 2025’ Episode 2: When school and home collide — COVID-19 continued
‘Class of 2025’ episode 3: The year that screen time was all the time
‘Class Of 2025’ episode 4: Lessons from The Plague — new teachers in 2020
‘Class Of 2025′ episode 5: Boys ‘Fall Apart’ in middle school
‘Class Of 2025,’ Episode 6: Rayshawn & Josh: Why some Black students may do better at home
‘Class Of 2025’ Season 2 epilogue: The road to 2025 continues
‘Everything in this world just takes longer’ and other distance learning challenges, through the eyes of a principal
COVID-19, distance learning and the debate over reopening Oregon’s schools
Listen now: OPB’s ‘Class Of 2025’ podcast second season now available
New season of OPB’s ‘Class Of 2025’ podcast follows Oregon middle schoolers through distance learning, COVID-19 and life
Class Of 2025: Meeting the challenge of childhood trauma with ‘extra love’
Class Of 2025: Middle school vs. K-8
Music provides place to belong in middle school
Listen now: OPB’s ‘Class Of 2025’ Podcast
‘Class Of 2025′: An Oregon school getting to PE ahead of time
’Class Of 2025’: From homeschooled to homeless
Change is never easy, especially when you’re in first grade
Class Of 2025: Winter concert celebrates symphony partnership
Oregon lawmakers join parents in confronting dyslexia
Oregon will keep 100 percent graduation goal for class of 2025
Class Of 2025: Fun with STEAM
Missing school drags down student achievement, research finds
Ready or not, Oregon’s Class Of 2025 heads to middle school
Class Of 2025: Advancing from elementary to middle school
Class Of 2025: More money + more days = more impact at outdoor school
Class of 2025: How a sense of control can help students with childhood trauma
About the Class Of 2025 project
Learning to read from a hospital bed
Class Of 2025: 3rd Grade = Testing
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'Class Of 2025': A photo finish to second grade
OPB's Class of 2025 finished second grade earlier this month. OPB caught up with many of the students during Field Day at Earl Boyles Elementary School, and did end-of-year photos of each of the 29 participating kids.