By Libby Tucker Public school construction is the hottest new market for commercial builders in 2008, Portland's largest contractors say. Little more than a year after Oregon voters passed a record $1.3 billion worth of bonds, school districts have had time to review project plans and buy land.

By Casey Parks, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Feb. 4--BEAVERTON -- No matter how unruly a class gets, when P.J. Hanson walks into the room all the kids sit up straight. "It's so weird," the second-grade teacher at Chehalem Elementary School says.

By Amy Hsuan, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Feb. 1--BEAVERTON -- With four of seven seats up for grabs on the Beaverton School Board, the leadership of the state's fastest-growing district could face an overhaul in the May 15 election.

BEAVERTON, Ore., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Verizon Foundation today awarded $111,900 in grants to help meet increased educational and social services needs in Washington County.

By Amy Hsuan, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Nov. 23--A former Beaverton School District employee received tens of thousands of dollars in consulting fees from a nonprofit education group after helping lead Beaverton's adoption of a controversial math curriculum.