Op Ed

It is up to educators to brighten up their spaces and make them relevant to the subject matter they teach with the goal being to highlight student achievement and maximize their learning potential.

“Thank you” may not seem like enough, but it’s the least any civilian can do for the men and women who have made it possible for us to live life as we do here in this country.

The problem is that after being on one “time” for eight months, we are thrust into a different one, making us all time travelers whether we like it or not.

Thank you, Mo’Ne Davis, because of you the meaning of the words “You throw like a girl” will never be the same again.

Measure 86 is proposing that the government of Oregon change its constitution to allow the state to go into debt to banks.

For those of us relatively new to the concept, “vaping” is when someone uses a device, like an e-cigarette, that heats up liquid which turns into water vapor that is then inhaled just as you would with a cigarette.

We can see Columbus as either a daring explorer who set out like a 15th century Captain Kirk to go “where no man had gone before,” or we can see him as an inept navigator who grossly underestimated the size of the earth and the distance across the ocean.

How often do we need to see NFL players getting carried off the field on stretchers to know that this is not the best game for men to play let alone children?

With Flexible Instruction Days if bad weather closes a school, kids won’t be lounging around the house all day watching TV or listening to their iPods, and schools will not be losing instructional days that disrupt school calendars and everyone’s personal lives.

Our appreciation of athletes isn't proportional to other areas of achievement, which leads athletes to have a sense of entitlement off the field.