Open Meadow in the News

Open Meadow has been recognized regionally and nationally for our work with small schools and workforce development for at-risk youth. The American Youth Policy Forum profiled Open Meadow in Whatever It Takes: How Twelve Communities are Reconnecting Out-of-School Youth.

• "White privilege blinds us to changes", Portland Tribune, February 2, 2012-- references Open Meadow Middle School's involvement in PPS Equity training
• "No longer colorlind", Portland Tribune, January 19, 2012 -- features Open Meadow as one of ten “Beacon” schools in Portland Public Schools addressing the racial achievement gap
• "Stand up to bullies, create a school culture of respect, expert says", The Oregonian, October 6, 2011 -- Hanif Fazal, Open Meadow Step Up Program Director offers bullying workshop in Gresham
• "A response to Portland shootings: Keep city's youths safe by helping them find jobs", Oregon Live, September 14, 2011
• "Service is first lesson for hundreds of Oregon independent college freshmen", The Oregonian, August 24, 2011 -- University of Portland students get Open Meadow High School ready for students to return
• "Alternative high school grads head to college with scholarship help and a chance at their dreams", The Oregonian, June 18, 2010
• "Failing Graduations Rates", OPB, Think Out Loud, May 26, 2010 -- Open Meadow graduate Isabel Burri discusses her high school experience.
• "High School graduation rates", KOIN Local News, May 25, 2010 -- Students at Open Meadow High School are interviewed about their experience and motivation to graduate.
• "Friday Night Lite", ESPN, Outside the Lines, Winter 2010 -- Profile of the Roosevelt High School football team, on which two students enrolled in Open Meadow programs, Ray Brown and Junvonte Tillman, play.
• "Portland's Career Connections guides young people to good jobs", The Oregonian, October 20, 2009
• "Portland-area high school prep program gets retooled", The Oregonian, August 17, 2009
• "Program helps young workers try out their career field", OPB News, August 17, 2009
• "Growing a leader," PCC Communities newsletter, Summer 2009
• “Left Behind,” Think Out Loud, Oregon Public Broadcasting, May 6th, 2009
• “Small Schools, Same So-So Grades”, The Oregonian, June 8, 2008 – STEP UP is mentioned in a sidebar as a program that is working.
• “Anatomy of Reform,” Portland Tribune, May 8, 2008
• “Portland’s investment in the future,” The Spokesman Review, Monday, April 7, 2008
• 'Step-Up' Program Helps Keep High Schoolers In School", Oregon Public Broadcasting, September 20, 2008
• STEP UP is featured on the cover of The Oregonian's InPortland section, July 2007
• Open Meadow Executive Director Andrew Mason speaks out in a June 4th editorial published in the Oregonian, June 2007
• Open Meadow is featured in a Portland Tribune article about Connected by 25, an effort to connect every Portland young person to school, work and community by the age of 25, May 2007
• Open Meadow has been chosen to receive a year of free advertising in the Portland Business Journal
• Open Meadow Receives $200,000 Grant From the Meyer Memorial Trust, November 2006
• Open Meadow Students Intern at Metro, November 2006
• Employees of The Standard Raise Nearly $25,000 for Open Meadow
• STEP UP in the Portland Tribune, September 2006
• The Standard, September 2006
• Open Meadow Middle School teacher's innovative project receives second place in national ING Unsung Heroes award program, August 2006
• Open Meadow High School, Oregonian, August 2006
• City Corps, Oregonian, July 2006
• Open Meadow student competes in state track meet, Portland Tribune, May 2006
• Oregonian Article on Middle School Biodiesel Project, February 2006
• Portland Business Journal, January 2006
• Northwest Area Foundation, November 2005
• Oregonian column, Children's Investment Fund, August 2005
• STEP UP Program in the St. Johns Review, June 2005
• STEP UP Program in the Oregonian, May 2005
• Bank of America Award, FindLaw.com, November 2004
• Pep-Net Honors Stellar Programs, Youth Today, October 2003
• The Standard, June 2003
• The Standard, September 2002