Media Coverage

February 3, 2020   Dear Community, We are pleased to provide you with the recently released report commissioned by The Wallace Foundation and written by researchers from Teachers College, Columbia University, “BUILDING IMPACT: A Closer Look…

By Danny Peterson Read the story below and here. Lavert Robertson, a seasoned African American education administrator at Portland Public Schools who was raised in northeast Portland, has taken the helm as chief executive officer for All Hands…

By John Tapogna, ECONorthwest President and All Hands Raised Council Co-Chair Read the story below and here. Education reforms typically revolve around calls for sweeping overhauls. Budgets need to be much bigger, and class sizes smaller. Curricula…

By Andy Giegerich Read the story below and here. The announcement that Dan Ryan is leaving his longtime role as CEO of the education nonprofit All Hands Raised offered no details as to the influential leader’s next steps. Which, given Ryan&…

By Connie Ballmer and Jennifer Blatz Read the story below and here. We believe that through efforts like the All Hands Raised Partnership, communities can change not only local headlines, but more importantly, change lives. Last month’s…

By Andy Giegerich Read the story below and here. Lavert Robertson takes over for Dan Ryan at the helm of All Hands Raised. The group that advocates for Portland-area students has a new leader. Lavert Robertson will become the new CEO of All Hands…

By Sean Meyers Read the story below and here. A college education is the path most commonly tread by high school graduates. It’s no wonder. College is the gateway to an array of career opportunities. It’s also the pathway most celebrated…

Photo by CERISSA LINDAY Emi Donis has spent much of her career working for aerospace manufacturers, including at Precision Castparts, where she spent 12 years before joining Senior Aerospace SSP. Her love for the industry has inspired her work in…

Read the story below and here. Like many in academia, former Concordia University professor Michelle Jones observed disturbing disconnects in the American educational system. Unlike many in academia, she founded her own college to help address it.…

Photo by BETH CONYERS Tim Gutfleisch, a manufacturing instructor at Reynolds High School in Troutdale, participates in a meeting of several regional high schools working in partnership with All Hands Raised to strengthen pathways to careers in…