Education

This month marks the 40th anniversary of the 1968 student strike at Columbia University, one of the many pivotal events of 1968 being remembered this year. Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein, as a freshman at Barnard College, spent a week occupying Low Library, the office o... Read more

Martha Odom talks with Lawrence Behmer, Portland Citizen Corp Chair; Ed Rentz, NET leader for Laurelhurst; and Leah Grey, KBOO volunteer currently taking the NET training, about the teams and the free classes for people who will be first-on-scene in the event of a disaster. Read more

 PSU part-time faculty held an informational picket this afternoon to highlight their efforts in reaching a fair contract settlement. Faculty called for mediation after nine months of difficult negotiations failed to produce a new collective bargaining agreement which would... Read more

DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE KBOO SITE, THIS EPISODE IS ONLY AVAILABLE AT DESTINATION DIY AT THIS TIME. We're revisiting last year’s series on do-it-yourself education. You’ll hear voices from the Portland Free Skool and the Waypost, as well as Matthew Stadle... Read more