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.
Born and raised in Ohio, Elizabeth is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University.
Latest Stories
7 changes the Class of 2025’s teachers want to see in education
OPB asks the Class of 2025's teachers what changes they'd like to see in education.
The teachers who shaped the Class of 2025
Getting to know the teachers who have taught the Class of 2025 over the years.
New report projects number of Oregon high school graduates will decline almost 20% by 2041
A new national report finds a big demographic change is coming: a drop in the number of high school graduates in Oregon and across the country.
Brace yourself: School budget season is coming
You’re going to hear a lot about school funding in 2025 – from the statehouse to your local schoolhouse.
How affinity groups and a student-centered English class built a sense of belonging at a Portland high school
When it comes to school, feeling comfortable and like you belong can be as important as having a great teacher.
Oregon Dept. of Education recommends schools ‘limit or restrict’ use of cellphones in new guidance
The guidance leaves decisionmaking and enforcement up to districts.
UO Ballmer Institute begins training a new generation of behavioral health workers
Oregon’s congressional delegates are teaming up with one of the state’s largest universities to address student mental health in the state.
Class of 2025 students use online school flexibility to free up time to work
Members of the Class of 2025 are growing up and finding jobs, something that develops independence and sometimes competes with another important goal: graduating high school. But online school and other options today are helping ease that transition.
Telling the Class of 2025’s story since 2012
OPB's spent the last 12 years telling the story of one group of students.
Class of 2025 students getting to graduation with a little help from their friends
OPB’s Class of 2025 project follows a group of students who all started at the same elementary school. As these kids have grown up, they’ve made friends, changed friends, and moved away from friends. Junior year, friends Sam made helped improve his grades – and his connection to school.