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Teacher loses appeal to carry gun at school

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:29 EST

Medford teacher Shirley Katz, who was denied permission to take her handgun to South Medford High School, has lost her appeal to the Oregon Court of Appeals.

Gold Hill seeks child-care alternatives

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:06 EST

GOLD HILL — With the city set to discontinue funding of the community's only after-school child-care program by year's end, parents are hoping other sponsors will keep the doors open for their children.

ROTC returns to SOU

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:02 EST

ROTC is back at Southern Oregon University — and it's bringing a lot of money with it.

Ashland High principal will retire Nov. 30; work through end of school year

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:35 EST

ASHLAND — Ashland High School Principal Jeff Schlecht will retire at the end of this month, but will continue working as a contracted employee through the end of this school year, he announced Monday.

Several community members debate proposed Ashland construction tax

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:20 EST

ASHLAND — The Ashland School Board on Monday declined to take action on a proposal to tax new construction after listening to parents, builders and educators debate its merits.

SOU enrollment at 5,104 for fall term

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:20 EST

Southern Oregon University has reported its highest fall term student enrollment since 2004. The university has also reached a new high in minority enrollment.

Report cards released for local schools

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:20 EST

Most Jackson County's schools — like those across the state — fared well under a new ranking system implemented by the state Department of Education.

Elementary students in Ashland talk to fellow pupils' dad in Iraq

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:20 EST

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Property purchase lets Armadillo expand

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:25 EST

Armadillo Technical Institute, a charter school in the Phoenix-Talent School District, will be able to expand its general equivalency degree and evening programs and provide child care for student parents thanks to the acquisition of two duplexes next...

Ashland School District looks into new building permit tax

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:25 EST

ASHLAND — The Ashland School Board on Monday will discuss enacting a tax on all new construction building permits taken out within the district.

Programs give kids jump start on college

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:42 EST

For part of the school day, Eagle Point High School senior Michael Baker leaves the high school campus to take electronics classes at Rogue Community College's White City campus.

Safety list's long-term effects can be punitive

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:24 EST

Your Oct. 28 sidebar (about the state's school safety watch list) shows "How it Happens," but I'd really like to know what it means as it pertains to the No Child Left Behind Act.

Living co-ed? No big deal, students say

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:32 EST

When Southern Oregon University junior Montique Holman gets dressed in the morning, she slips into the closet of the dormitory room she shares with sophomore Stephen Williams.

After-school health lesson is succeeding

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00 EST

Fifth-grader Mikaela Degrande used to think General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios was a relatively healthy choice for breakfast until she discovered a serving of the cereal has nine times more sugar than plain Cheerios.

Assault of teen, mother leads to negligence suit

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00 EST

A Medford woman has filed a lawsuit against the Medford School District, the city of Medford and a city police officer for injuries she and her daughter sustained when they were assaulted in 2007 by a group of teenage girls on a walkway near North...

Homework for Parents

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:06 EST

Giggling and holding scribbled scripts in front of them, Jose Hernandez and Olivia Salazar introduce themselves to each other.

SOU recruits students from Henan University, China

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:06 EST

ASHLAND — Southern Oregon University completed a deal this week with Henan University in China to begin sending students to Ashland to study hospitality management in the fall of next year — and to have SOU faculty members teach at the...

Medford alternative school attendance up

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:20 EST

MEDFORD — For senior Cheyeanne Munoz, science class last week at Medford Opportunity High School involved standing on the banks of Bear Creek and teaching elementary school students about ecology, riparian areas and the life cycles of salmon.

Historian examines de Tocqueville's 'Democracy in America'

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:45 EST

Democracy springs from the deepest precept of diverse religions — that all are created equal before God — and is destined to prevail throughout the world but in its own good time, according to history professor William Cook, who will give a...

Two Medford schools on state's safety watch list

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:45 EST

Medford's Hedrick and McLoughlin middle schools are two of five schools in the state placed on a federal No Child Left Behind safety watch list.