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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…
Read Blog DetailWith students everywhere heading to class, we hope you enjoy Part 3 of…
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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…
Read Blog DetailIs it truly possibly for one person to make a positive difference in…
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,…
Read Blog DetailThe Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice just released an exploratory study examining the…
Read Blog DetailBy William B. Conerly, Ph.D. The old advice about college isn’t working anymore….
Read Blog DetailFor members of the Portland City Council, the end always justifies the means….
Read Blog DetailOregon hopefully will join twelve states that have enacted Right to Try legislation, allowing…
Read Blog DetailThe Oregon legislature is in the midst of its biennial quest for more…
Read Blog DetailThe Oregon Department of Education currently requires Oregon school districts to align instruction…
Read Blog DetailThe Oregon State Senate is considering a bill that would lower Oregon’s compulsory,…
Read Blog DetailEvery state in the union has what are known as compulsory school attendance…
Read Blog DetailRepublican politicians may no longer be the loudest critics of teachers unions. Influential…
Read Blog DetailSchool choice is widespread in America, including in Oregon—unless you are poor. Affluent…
Read Blog Detail“I wish that the education system could understand that not every child fits into the same sized box, and everyone needs to do what is right for their family,” says Lisa, a Portland-area mother whose children receive tuition assistance from the Children’s Scholarship Fund-Portland.
Read Blog DetailNext week is National School Choice Week. Every January, National School Choice Week…
Read Blog DetailLast fall I had the pleasure of attending the awards ceremony for the Broad Prize for Urban Education. In the ensuing days, many bloggers and journalists weighed in with criticism, including one who pointed out that “although recent winners of the Broad Prize show positive results compared to many large urban districts, their scores are largely flat—or worse—over the past several years.”
Read Blog DetailNovember 25, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: John A. Charles, Jr. 503-242-0900…
Read Blog DetailOregon voters are being asked this November to authorize spending more tax dollars…
Read Blog DetailOne can imagine that blacksmiths and buggy whip makers didn’t take kindly to…
Read Blog DetailJoin us as Kathryn Hickok will be presenting to the Molalla Patriots on…
Read Blog DetailToday, the Cascade Policy Institute released a report analyzing the range of policy…
Read Blog DetailThe Board of Directors for the Cascade Policy Institute recently voted to oppose…
Read Blog DetailStudents everywhere are back in school, including grade school children from low-income families…
Read Blog DetailThe Children’s Scholarship Fund is a nationally recognized, privately funded scholarship program which…
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