Elizabeth Miller
Elizabeth Miller covers education for OPB with a special focus on the Class of 2025, a project following a group of students from kindergarten to high school graduation. She came to OPB in 2019 to cover K-12 education. Elizabeth hosted Season 2 of OPB's "Class of 2025" podcast and was part of the award-winning production team for "Class of 2025: Freshman Year."
She previously covered the environment and the Great Lakes for Ideastream Public Media in Cleveland, Ohio. Her pieces have aired nationally on NPR. Elizabeth has also served as mentor for NPR's Next Generation Radio project, which she also participated in as an early-career journalist in 2016.
An Ohio native, Elizabeth is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University.
Latest Stories
The COVID generation: Class of 2025 students on how the pandemic changed their school experience
It's been four years since March 2020, when COVID-19 shut down schools. Students in OPB’s Class of 2025 project were in the middle of 7th grade. Now, they’re high school juniors – just one year away from high school graduation.
Students nationally continue to struggle with mental health. Here’s what support looks like at one Oregon high school
Students across Oregon and nationwide struggle with anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges, issues that affect them at home and in school. Many schools are stepping up to meet these student needs.
Oregon school districts seek to use federal guidance to expand free meal access
Oregon school districts have until Dec. 31 to apply for a waiver to take advantage of the increased eligibility for the current school year.
Neurodivergent educators build connections but face unique challenges in Northwest schools
Educators who are neurodivergent share their experiences teaching in Oregon and Washington schools.
9 things Oregon employers, colleges want to see from Oregon high school graduates
Representatives from businesses and colleges across Oregon share what skills they hope students learn before they graduate high school
As graduation gets closer, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ takes on new meaning for Class of 2025
The Class of 2025 are high school juniors taking classes aimed at helping them try out different careers.
Members of other Portland school employee unions react to make-up day plan
Unions representing more than 2,000 Portland Public Schools employees say they were not consulted about the district and teacher’s union plan to add school days during winter break, which starts in less than three weeks.
Parents take Newberg School District, board members to trial
A trial gets underway Tuesday in Yamhill County Circuit Court that could result in current and former Newberg School District board members paying out financially for what parents allege were violations of Oregon’s public meeting laws that cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in severance pay and legal fees.
Portland teacher negotiations inching closer to conclusion
Portland Public Schools and the Portland Association of Teachers have indicated they are closer to a deal, but it’s still not clear if students will go back to campuses Monday.
Portland teachers, administrators agree instructional hours lost during strike will be recovered
Portland Public Schools is set to fall below minimum instructional hours set by state law if district and union officials can't find a way to add to the school calendar.