Education

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Ethos Music Center, Boys & Girls Aid foster youth adoption, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center Kwanzaa celebration

Airs at: Fri, 12/04/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Community Grooves
On this month’s Community Grooves program, Host Natalie Butto features Ethos Music Center, celebrating 10 years of providing music education to youth in underserved communities; Boys & Girls Aid foster care adoption program for long awaiting children; and Interstate Firehou... Read more

Recovery Zone on 11/25/09

Airs at: Wed, 11/25/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
  Learn how to live a MOGO life!  Humane educator Zoe Weil talks about her latest book Most Good, Least Harm, A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life.  Weil is co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education, and leads workshops that provid... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 11/19/09

Airs at: Thu, 11/19/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Building new community journalism Like their national counterparts, our local media is in a tailspin. The Oregonian is cutting more than 60 reporters from its newsroom. Television and radio news has been reduced to weather reports and traffic accidents. Developments on the... Read more

More Talk Radio on 10/19/09

Airs at: Mon, 10/19/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Lore Wintergreen, East Portland Action Plan Advocate at the Office of Neighborhood Involvement, East Portland Neighborhood Office and Karen Fisher Gray, East Portland Action Plan Communications Chairperson and Parkrose School... Read more

Union for 14 PSU Student Workers Files Unfair Labor Practice Complaint

Airs at: Fri, 08/14/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A union representing fourteen part-time recycling specialists at Portland State University has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against Chancellor George Pernsteiner and the Oregon State Board of Higher Education.They say the University refused to include the recycl... Read more

Teachers in the Kent School District on Strike

Airs at: Tue, 09/08/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A school district in Washington is starting a little late this year.  Teachers in the Kent school district are on strike against the orders of the King County Superior Court.  They’re asking for better conditions for students and more efficient funding. KBOO’s Stefan Kamph ... Read more

The Other Team focuses on books, music & school

Airs at: Tue, 11/03/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Other Team
Tonight, The Other Team focuses on books, music and schools. Carla interviews Zena, from the Oregon Safe Schools and Communities Coalition, about what's happening in Oregon Schools, including networking with Gay Straight Alliances and being a resource for school staff and s... Read more

KBOO Evening News: November 2nd, 2009 Airing

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Listen to the November 2nd, 2009 airing of the KBOO Evening News in its entirety! ^__^ Read more

Number of Homeless Students Rises

Airs at: Fri, 09/25/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The number of homeless students has risen by fourteen percent this year, according to the Oregon Department of Education. This year eighteen-thousand students are homeless, compared to about fifteen-thousand last year and eight-thousand in 2003 and 2004, when numbers were f... Read more

PSU Stops Aid to Disabled Due to Budget Cuts

Airs at: Mon, 10/19/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Portland State University has, for many years, provided assistance to community members with disabilities through the Assistive Technology Center.  Now, that center has closed its doors to the community due to budget cuts.KBOO’s Nathan Jimenez (heh-MEN-ez) brings us this co... Read more