Opening the Doors of Opportunity Through Education

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today applauded the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to extend school meal waivers through the end of the 2020-2021 school year. The announcement follows a pressure campaign by Merkley and his colleagues, which included multiple letters to the USDA, urging

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced schools across Oregon will receive over $150 million in federal support to better educate low-income students. “As schools grapple with serving a quality education to their students in the middle of a global pandemic, it’s unfortunately become even easier

WASHINGTON – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and 27 of their Democratic Senate colleagues are calling for a full extension of school meal waivers through the end of the 2020-2021 school year so that schools have the flexibility that they need to fully serve students whether or

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that a combined $2.2 million in new collaborative research grants for Oregon State University and the University of Oregon to study tidewater glaciers will generate key climate change data. Noting that sea-level rise will affect millions of people in coastal communities

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that over $7 million in TRIO grants are headed to 19 higher education institutions across Oregon to support first-generation, low-income students, and students with disabilities through the Student Support Services Program. Students who receive the grant will have

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with 28 of their Senate colleagues, are urging Senate leadership to reject the Trump administration push to condition education funds in the next coronavirus relief package on the reopening of elementary and secondary schools for in-person instruction. In