High School

Clatskanie and Molalla high schools are on probation after allegations of racist behavior at basketball games.

Oregon’s 4-year graduation rate for the Class of 2021 was 80.6 percent, a drop after years of improvement.

Voters easily passed Measure 98 last November to bolster career education and other programs. Paying for it is proving difficult.

Students from Catlin Gabel, Wilson and De La Salle North high schools in Portland launched a youth dialogue project designed to get young people from all over the country to talk — and listen — to each other.

We take up some of the big stories in the news this week, then we hear from Oregon high school principals about recent hate speech on campus. We also hear about the verdict in the second trial of Malheur Refuge occupiers.

The weekly news roundtable mulls this busy week of news. Also, we ask one high school principal why her graduation rates soar, while the rest of the state founders. And we look at a new state bill that would cover women's healthcare.

This hour on TOL: An update of regional business news; a conversation with the four Portland teens whose film was featured at the White House Student Film Festival; and lichen and why it matters.

Oregon has the fourth lowest graduation rate in the country, but Woodburn High has exceeded the state average by double digits for two years in a row.

Oregon is the first state to adopt a mandatory program that aims to prevent concussions in high school football.

A program in eastern Oregon offers high school students a chance to earn college credits, and educators in other parts of the state are attempting to replicate the program.