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Marshall High School remembered by the community

Malik Jacob, a BizTech freshman, and Justine Swan, a junior at Renaissance Arts, joke around during a field day during the last day at Marshall Campus.A week has passed since Marshall High campus closed its doors for good.We put together a big collection of material on Marshall that’s worth checking out. There’s portraits of students in the [...]

Can Portland’s Roosevelt High turn itself around? New focus on great teaching raises hopes

Roosevelt High English teacher Jacque Dixon helps freshman Mackenzie Castro (center right), with Courtney Zerkel, write poems full of metaphors as a holiday gift.In a little-traveled stretch of North Portland, educators at Roosevelt High have set out to answer an audacious question posed by the Obama administration:Given a big injection of money and a few [...]

Missouri Graduates Taking ACT Reaches All-time High

Missouri graduates taking ACT reaches all-time high Average score remains steady at 21.6   ACT scores by race/ethnicity State and national college readiness benchmarks College readiness benchmarks by race/ethnicity