Press Releases

Career and technical education opens up pathways to in-demand, good-paying jobs and helps enrich the learning experience for students.

I’m thrilled that Dr. Adrien Bennings will be my guest at the State of the Union.

Educators and support staff keep our classrooms running, manage school activities, and help shape the futures of our nation’s children.

The pandemic put an enormous strain on public schools and child care providers, and highlighted longstanding inequities in our education system.

Although the bold vision we arrived at in the Build Back Better Act was not passed in the Senate, there remains substantial public momentum to address the child care crisis that is preventing families from finding or affording the care and education that they and their young children need.

Emergency rental assistance through the American Rescue Plan helped keep many Oregonians in their homes throughout the worst stretches of the pandemic.

I accessed food assistance when I was in college; without it, I would not have had enough to eat.