Class Of 2025
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Class of 2025 offers an in-depth exploration of some of the issues that students from Oregon face today, seen through the lens of the students themselves.
Class Of 2025
3y ago
School isn’t the only thing COVID-19 is interrupting. Being stuck at home means boredom, frustration, loneliness -- not to mention the fear and anxiety that comes with living through a pandemic. We hear from Shelby, Ava, Kaylie, and their families about life at home during COVID-19, plus a University of Oregon psychology professor weighs in ..read more
Class Of 2025
3y ago
It’s Friday the 13th, the last day of in-person school, and Nathan Tew was teaching about the bubonic plague. New teachers to a middle school reflect on how the school year blew up, their scramble to maintain contact with students, and how things are going now ..read more
Class Of 2025
3y ago
Teens are online a lot, and the pandemic pushed teens online even more -- whether through a computer or phone screen. At the same time, adolescence is an important time for building friendships and social connections. How are teens staying connected? Kaylie, Ava, Osvaldo, and Josh share their digital insights ..read more
Class Of 2025
3y ago
OPB has followed a group of Oregon students for 8 years. The Class of 2025 is in the middle of middle school now - where school and social drama met a pandemic, protests, and an economic downturn. Learn what it’s like to be 13 in 2020.
The Class of 2025 podcast is coming to you this November, from Oregon Public Broadcasting ..read more
Class Of 2025
3y ago
The Class of 2025 was halfway through middle school when COVID-19 shut down classrooms. At first, teenagers were excited for an extended spring break. But weeks turned into months of students staring at computer screens and the same walls of their homes. We hear from Anais, Rayshawn, and their families about what it’s like trying to learn during a global pandemic ..read more
Class Of 2025
3y ago
Is your mind more like a muscle that you can build? Or a machine that does some things well, and others not at all? "Class of 2025" explores “mindsets” through students Austin and Jason.
Learn more about the “Class of 2025” project and podcast at opb.org/2025 ..read more
Class Of 2025
3y ago
The Class Of 2025 is in middle school but transitioning soon to high school. Here's an episode looking further out, and what it's like to be in a different transition - going away to college in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic ..read more
Class Of 2025
3y ago
Two middle school teachers talk to OPB Think Out Loud host Dave Miller about what it’s like in the virtual classroom right now -- how to keep students engaged, talk about current events, and what might happen when things go back to “normal ..read more
Class Of 2025
3y ago
What should schools do when a politically charged issue like immigration scares students? Find out in the final episode in this season of the "Class of 2025."
Learn more about the “Class of 2025” project and podcast at opb.org/2025 ..read more
Class Of 2025
3y ago
Students with learning disabilities have struggled to progress through school for decades. States have increased their focus in recent years on disabilities like dyslexia. Meet "Class of 2025" student Shelby and her efforts to become a better reader.
Learn more about the “Class of 2025” project and podcast at opb.org/2025 ..read more