Children’s Scholarship Fund — Portland
The Children’s Scholarship Fund-Portland helps children from lower-income Oregon families get a “hand up” in life through a quality education. CSF-Portland awards partial tuition scholarships to financially needy elementary students to attend any private, parochial or home school of their parents’ or guardians’ choice.
The Children’s Scholarship Fund aims to maximize educational opportunity for all children: for those in need by offering tuition assistance in grades K-8 for alternatives to faltering conventional schools and for all children by supporting and cultivating education reform and school choice efforts.
Publications
National School Choice Week Celebrates Opportunity and Innovation
This is National School Choice Week. Every January, National School Choice Week highlights the need for effective educational options for all children. Planned by a ... read more
“If You Save One Life, You Save the World”
Among the blessings for which to be thankful this holiday weekend is the charitable legacy of Theodore Forstmann, who died last Sunday at age 71 ... read more
Oregon Innovates During “The Year of School Choice”
The Wall Street Journal recently called 2011 “The Year of School Choice.” According to the July editorial: “No fewer than 13 states have enacted school ... read more
“Ready for College and Life”
In just a couple weeks, students everywhere return to school. Have you ever thought of how important it is where a child goes to school? ... read more
Thousands of Oregon Kids Waiting – Literally – for Education Package
This week, legislators and lobbyists are working frantically behind the scenes on an education package that could help transform educational opportunities for students across Oregon. ... read more
Kathryn Hickok talks Children’s Scholarship Fund before the House Committee on Education
Watch Kathryn Hickok testify before the House Committee on Education about the benefits of School choice. read more
Testimony in Favor of HB 2291 Kathryn Hickok
Testimony in Favor of HB 2291 Kathryn Hickok Director, Children’s Scholarship Fund-Portland Portland, Oregon March 4, 2011 Co-Chairs Gelser and Wingard and members of the ... read more
Fiscal Impacts of an Oregon Tax Credit Scholarship Program
Summary A Modest Tax Credit Scholarship Program Would Produce a Fiscal Net Benefit to Oregon State School Funding The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program was ... read more
Local Districts Keep Thousands of Oregon Kids Waiting for a Choice
Local Districts Keep Thousands of Oregon Kids Waiting for a Choice Download PDF by Christina Martin The last week in January is National School Choice ... read more
Lending Superman a Hand
Lending Superman a Hand By Darla Romfo Download PDF The award-winning documentary Waiting for “Superman” (2010 Sundance Film Festival) captures many of the deficiencies in ... read more
