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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. This week, Oregon is facing a one-day teacher strike,…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. This week, Oregon is facing a one-day teacher strike,…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok This week, the Florida legislature passed a bill that would…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield School choice made a splash in the headlines last month…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield A Portland public school made headlines last week for offering…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Derrell Bradford has spent his adult life passionately advocating for…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Last week the National Foundation for Education Statistics released the…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Executive Summary Education Savings Accounts deposit a percentage of…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Several members of the Portland Public Schools Community…
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Read Blog DetailBy Bobbie Jager As a mother of 13 children (no, that’s not a…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Every January, National School Choice Week shines a spotlight on…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield Increasing funding to Oregon’s school system may seem like an…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield Cascade Policy Institute has supported parental choice in K-12 education…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield If you’ve done your homework on school choice, you know…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Florida’s Tax Credit Scholarship Program currently helps more than a…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein On September 25, Cascade Policy Institute and its School Choice…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield For students born with learning disorders like dyslexia, learning to…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Can School Choice Change Lives? Join Cascade Policy Institute and…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield What do 29 states and nations from Australia to the…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein What do Pac-Man and public pensions have in common? An…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield Are we waiting for Superman? In 2010, a documentary by…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein and Kathryn Hickok What do Pac-Man and public pensions have…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok This spring, the Children’s Scholarship Fund-Oregon program sponsored by Cascade…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein A 2017 national poll on education issues found, among other…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Parents know a solid education prepares their children for life,…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok This is National Charter Schools Week. Did you know almost…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Oregon owns 1.5 million acres of School Trust…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Most Oregonians know that our state’s Public Employees Retirement System…
Read Blog DetailFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: John A. Charles, Jr. 503-242-0900 john@cascadepolicy.org PORTLAND, Ore….
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok and Steve Buckstein Three years ago, Oregon state government killed…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein In 2015 Oregon state government killed off what should have…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein The Oregon legislature will embark on an “impossible mission” to…
Read Blog DetailBy Bobbie Jager For the second year in a row, Oregon has reported…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok This week is National School Choice Week, the world’s largest…
Read Blog DetailJanuary 16, 2018 For Immediate Release Media Contact: Steve Buckstein 503-242-0900 Oregonians will…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok National School Choice Week is the world’s largest celebration of…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Denisha Merriweather failed third grade twice. Today, she is finishing…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Willamette Week recently reported that, sadly, Oregon has the third-lowest…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok EdChoice recently conducted a groundbreaking survey of military-connected families seeking…
Read Blog DetailChoices in Ed Video Competition Entry Deadline is December 1, 2017 Dear School…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein What would you do if you read an article about…
Read Blog Detailby Richard Meinhard, Ph.D. and Steve Buckstein September 10, 2001 (contact information updated…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Portland Public Schools is redrawing the boundaries of more than…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok America’s charter school movement celebrates its 25th anniversary this month….
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Are we missing the trees for the forest in Oregon…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein As Oregon legislators wrestle with how much money to spend…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok and Steve Buckstein Derrell Bradford has spent his adult life…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Ever since Oregon’s property tax limitation Measure 5 shifted the…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Six years ago, Arizona became the first state to pass…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Senate Bill 437, under consideration this legislative session, would offer…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein School choice programs allow students to choose schools or other…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Six years ago, Arizona became the first state to pass…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok A case study on urban renewal suggests that private and…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Oregon now has the chance to become an early adopter…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Denisha Merriweather failed third grade twice. Today, she is finishing…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Opponents of Betsy DeVos tried everything they could to keep…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein The vast majority of Oregonians attended public schools assigned to…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Derrell Bradford has spent his adult life passionately advocating for…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Derrell Bradford has spent his adult life passionately advocating for…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Next week is National School Choice Week, the world’s largest…
Read Blog DetailFor Immediate Release Media Contact: Steve Buckstein 503-242-0900 steven@cascadepolicy.org Portland, Oregon to play…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Derrell Bradford has spent his adult life passionately advocating for…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Advocates of public schools frequently complain about the…
Read Blog Detail— Voters are destined for disappointment By John A. Charles, Jr. Proponents…
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Read Blog DetailOn the third day of the new school year at Portland’s Madison High…
Read Blog DetailLast week the Oregon Department of State Lands announced the “fair market value”…
Read Blog DetailPortland school superintendent Carole Smith abruptly resigned in July, after nine years on…
Read Blog DetailIda Elisabeth had every reason to leave her husband. He was foolish, immature,…
Read Blog DetailOne of the greatest minds of our era passed away in November 2006….
Read Blog DetailSchool choice has entered a new world. Because Americans are increasingly vocal about…
Read Blog DetailPortland school superintendent Carole Smith announced her resignation this week after nine years…
Read Blog DetailIn his recent guest column in The Oregonian, Director of the Oregon Department of…
Read Blog DetailSince 1999, the nonprofit Children’s Scholarship Fund has empowered more than 152,000 low-income…
Read Blog DetailTen years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the southeastern United States, displacing more than…
Read Blog DetailDid you know that almost half of Washington, D.C.’s public school children attend…
Read Blog DetailFamilies in five states now have access to a special program called Educational…
Read Blog DetailBy Nick Pangares and John A. Charles, Jr. Most elected officials who serve on…
Read Blog Detail“If you’re going to be a good and faithful judge,” said Supreme Court…
Read Blog DetailThis week the Oregon State Senate passed an extension of Oregon’s open enrollment…
Read Blog DetailThe State of Oregon will sell 84,000 acres of the Elliott State Forest…
Read Blog DetailThis week is National School Choice Week. Every January, National School Choice Week…
Read Blog DetailBy Bobbie Jager This week marks National School Choice Week, and states across…
Read Blog DetailJanuary 22, 2016 For Immediate Release Media Contact: Steve Buckstein 503-242-0900 or steven@cascadepolicy.org…
Read Blog DetailThe U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments this morning in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case aimed at protecting the First Amendment rights of free speech and free association for public employees nationwide, including Oregon.
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. In early December, President Obama signed a bill…
Read Blog DetailYesterday the Senate Interim Education Committee of the Oregon Legislature held an informational…
Read Blog DetailHow would you spend $100 million? If you’re Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the…
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Read Blog DetailPlease join us for our monthly Policy Picnic led by Cascade guest speaker Herb Grey…
Read Blog DetailStudents across Oregon are back in school. Have you ever thought about how…
Read Blog DetailTen years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the southeastern United States, displacing more than…
Read Blog DetailBy Anna Mae Kersey, Emma Newman, and Thomas Tullis TriMet is considering the…
Read Blog DetailBy Thomas Tullis On July 17, Governor Kate Brown signed Senate Bill 81,…
Read Blog DetailBy Emma Newman According to the U.S. Department of Education, Oregon’s 2013 graduation…
Read Blog DetailBy Thomas Tullis When Oregon politicians pretend to be experts on venture capital…
Read Blog DetailWhat does it mean for parents and kids today? The Center for Education…
Read Blog DetailTennessee just became the 28th state to enact a private school choice program,…
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