Joanna Hou

education reporter @wweek | 📧 [email protected]. not on Twitter

[Joanna Hou @joannah_11]

Personal news! After an amazing summer at @hechingerreport, I'm so excited & grateful to share that I've moved to Portland and joined @wweek, where I'll be covering education full time. Say hi & send tips (or hiking recs) to [email protected]

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Help, I said I'd add the references later and now it's later

[Joanna Hou @joannah_11]

NEW: Portland Public Schools' initial enrollment data is down and slightly below projections. The reconciled numbers, coming in November, will matter for the district's budget:

https://t.co/BxTe3g2W6R

[Joanna Hou @joannah_11]

@charvarnes11 @indystar Hooray!!!

[Joanna Hou @joannah_11]

More trouble for Preschool for All as some of MultCo's larger centers struggle to reconcile how they'll manage their operations & maintain any control over their private programs under a partnership:

[Willamette Week @wweek]

Jarod and Dory Hobbs supervise a lot of preschoolers. That would seem to make the Hobbs family the perfect fit for Preschool for All.

Last Thursday, the couple turned down the contract the county offered. https://t.co/A8Ksdd8kle

[Joanna Hou @joannah_11]

The coolest education reporting internship ever!! Apply!! 😁

[The Hechinger Report @hechingerreport]

📰 We are looking for a reporting intern for summer 2025! Help us produce in-depth journalism on inequality and innovation in education.

Location: NYC or remote
Pay: $700/week
Deadline: December 3

Read more: https://t.co/eVVetBxBmw

[Sophie Peel @sophiegreenleaf]

Terrence Hayes, a leading candidate for Portland City Council, has a recent history of unpaid debts, including $63,000 in small biz loan payments.

Hayes says he is still “more than capable on looking at a budget and making wise decisions about spending." https://t.co/Mh1WQlBdoJ

[Julia Silverman @jrlsilverman]

Here's what to know about the new test score release from @ORDeptEd:
🍎After 3 years back in buildings since the pandemic, OR students are still just where they were in the 21-22 school year: way, way behind in reading+math when compared to pre-COVID. /🧵

https://t.co/43ZHyEEzAl

[ELIZA @ElizaAronson]

I spent a lot of time this summer sitting in my car watching men slip in and out of massage parlors.

The reporting opened my eyes to a sad and scary world. Hopefully the story opens the eyes of the wider Portland community and our city's administration.
https://t.co/RpeWyRyrB4

[Joanna Hou @joannah_11]

@sophiegreenleaf Thank you Sophie!! 😁

[Ben Tietje still tweets 🐦 @Tietje]

“Do you have a flavor?”

La Croix: “I have the concept of a flavor.”

[Meredith Kolodner @merkolodner]

Last fall, just 4 percent of incoming freshmen at the University of Missouri were Black, down from 8 percent five years earlier. This year, they got rid of all of their race-conscious scholarships.
Students tell their stories, w/ @joannah_11
https://t.co/x2mET9Ubsn

[The Hechinger Report @hechingerreport]

At both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, @joannah_11 discussed higher education with young attendees. Read her dispatches:

https://t.co/kBrkUcS8vy

[The Hechinger Report @hechingerreport]

What young Democrats have to say about higher education https://t.co/8vdk3G67pp

[Conner Hafen @Conblob]

This is so unsettling.

[Nirvi Shah @NirviShah]

.@hechingerreport’s @joannah_11 went to the Republican National Convention last week on a mission to talk to students and young voters about how their experiences in higher education have shaped their political beliefs, and vice versa. What she learned: https://t.co/FrVzmBE3dy

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

A new law will ensure nearly 1 million Asian Americans can access vital state services in their native languages. https://t.co/ED2B51efFr

[Joanna Hou @joannah_11]

Yay!!! You should apply to this!! This was the best internship ever, with the most supportive people at Block Club & AAJA Chicago. Feel free to reach out with any questions about the app process 😁