Education

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Interview with Marianne Stupfel-Wallace, PT ESOL Instructor & Writing Center Tutor at Portland Community College

Airs at: Wed, 12/20/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
    ------ Guest: Marianne Stupfel-Wallace, facilitator at all levels of ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) at Portland Community College from beginning "survival English" to academic level reading, writing, and communication classes.   Host: Grace Growing... Read more

Salem-Keizer Education Workers Ready to Strike

Airs at: Mon, 12/25/2023 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for Labor Radio
Rank-and-file leaders of Salem-Keizer education union discuss their struggles for fair union contracts and how they're getting strike ready. Kimberly Reed Zauber and Geovanny Tolentino of the Salem-Keizer Education Association (SKEA, the certified teachers) plus Jeff Jabin ... Read more

Life Before the Internet

Airs at: Sun, 12/24/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for Pathways
Michael Gentle is a former IT and data-privacy professional. Michael is the author of a number of best-selling books on business and technology, including IT Project Financials, IT Success, and others. His newest book and the topic of today's program is Life Before the Inte... Read more

Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving on 12/07/23

Airs at: Thu, 12/07/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Cascadia Stack has programs in Spanish and in English. They have a preparedness workshop scheduled for January 27th in Vancouver. Find out more about what they do online here.  Read more

Rumble on the River

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
For the past year a coalition of climate and social justice activists have been presenting a series of monthly Rumble On The River community forums that bring together expert voices to explain the risks of having 90% of Oregon’s fuel stored within city limits at the Critica... Read more

A Critical Introduction to Tarot

Airs at: Sun, 12/10/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for Pathways
Simon Kenny is an author, technologist and educator whose work combines probing questions with technical thinking. Simon has taught as a lecturer at the University of Limerick, Ireland. As a writer on the topics of belief and spirituality, Simon brings a keen awareness of p... Read more

Portland Teachers on Strike

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2023 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for Labor Radio
Elementary and Middle School  teachers, Ron Morgan and Emily Golden-Fields, present an up close and personal view and analysis of the historic Portland Association of Teachers strike, now in its fourth week, shaking up the city. Read more

Art Talk Bus Stop: PPS On Strike! Special

Airs at: Wed, 11/22/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Talk Bus Stop
This month the Portland Public Schools are closed while teachers strike for better working and learning conditions, so we'll hear from two Portland Association of Teachers organizers and a student labor leader. Tiffany Koyama Lane - Sunnyside Environmental School Jorge Sanc... Read more

How Portland Metro Chamber and Business Lobbyists Undermine Education Funding

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  In November, Portland teachers went on strike for the first time ever to demand better resources for schools. The local business lobby was quick to chastise the teachers for withholding their labor — but what role do groups like Portland Metro Chamber play in underfundin... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 27, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts this episode, which includes these segments:   Israel-Palestine Struggle Bill Resnick interviews David Finkel, Middle East expert, on the current Israel-Palestine struggle. In Part 1 of the interview they discussed the history of Israel’s dispossessio... Read more