Sami Edge

Higher ed & politics reporter @Oregonian.
Email me: [email protected]
Previously: @IdahoEdNews, @thenewmexican, @dailyemerald

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Breaking from @maxoregonian: Appeals court allows Trump to deploy National Guard in Portland
https://t.co/icZPw9pVea

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Read it here:
https://t.co/sQEeGcryGU

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Wow! Truly honored to make the list for my story about declining college enrollment among young men in rural Oregon.

[Andrew Brownstein @Misterodney]

One of my favorite @The74 perennials: the annual education journalism jealousy list. The stories we wish we'd written. And cats. Lots of cats. https://t.co/nMh1o2t3oY

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"Readers will finish the piece with a better understanding of social trends in parts of Oregon that might otherwise be overlooked, but they also gain a sense of the generational ambivalence toward higher education that has taken hold far beyond the Pacific Northwest."

[The Oregonian @Oregonian]

Four-term Democratic state lawmaker Janelle Bynum defeated Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in the highly contested 5th Congressional District race. https://t.co/ftD714Bq5R

[Oregonian Politics @OregonianPol]

The Oregonian calls U.S. House Dist. 5 for Janelle S Bynum (D).

[Oregonian Politics @OregonianPol]

The Oregonian calls Wash. U.S. House Dist. 3 for Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D).

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If you're waiting on pins and needles for the result of the @bynum4thewin v. @RepLCD race... keep waiting. The 5:30 update has the count holding at 47.6% Bynum, 45.2% LCD and lots of ballots left to be counted. #orpol https://t.co/GxJcxUvek9

[The Grade @thegrade_]

The best education journalism of the week is @sami_edge's deep dive into why rural men are skipping out on college. See more in the newsletter. https://t.co/j8R17VXHJA

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Please read the finale of our series on college-going, written by the brilliant @jrlsilverman!

[Julia Silverman @jrlsilverman]

It is fitting that our last story in our series on the decline in Oregon students choosing to go straight to college from high school ran today in @Oregonian, on the final day of this 2023-2024 school year, w/ stunning photos by @bethnakamura. 🧵

https://t.co/k0Qx1x9tug

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Here are some of its secrets:
- All seniors apply to community college as a back up plan
- Every day of senior year includes 50 minutes of class with a school counselor
- Seniors prep binders full of resumes, transcripts, letters of rec they'll need for adulting

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ICYMI, last Sunday we published a story about Lost River high, a tiny 1A school that does a remarkable job of helping students launch into higher ed.

https://t.co/LuKFv0UdZc

[Governor Tina Kotek @GovTinaKotek]

The partnership between @KlamathCC and Lost River High School is a model for communities across the state. Well done!

https://t.co/7z7lvRtMGZ

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@mlcarmel Aww, Margaret 💖 you're great!

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@antonio__sierra Thanks Antonio!

[Hillary Borrud @hborrud]

Incredible reporting from @sami_edge and beautiful photos by @bethnakamura over the weekend on this series w/ @jrlsilverman about Oregon's struggles getting kids to college.

Here, an inspiring look at the unique success of a school in tiny Lost River:

https://t.co/LtN45slLLe

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Stay tuned for a solutions story tomorrow and more stories to come next week!

Thanks always to @EdWriters for a grant that allowed me to travel the state to talk to wonderful students I otherwise wouldn't have met!

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I'm so happy to finally unveil a series of stories I've been chipping away at for the last six months + amazing photography by @bethnakamura.

Oregon high school graduates are opting out of higher ed. That's a problem for equity and the economy.
https://t.co/EVHpki4Y8y

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Today I bring you dispatches from rural Oregon, where another group has emerged as a cause for concern: boys.

Only 1/3 of rural boys went straight to college in 2019 and that rate was even lower for low-income, Latino and Indigenous graduates.

https://t.co/sQEeGcryGU