Get Involved: National School Choice Week January 23-29
On January 23-29, school choice supporters across the U.S. will shine a spotlight…
Read Blog DetailOn January 23-29, school choice supporters across the U.S. will shine a spotlight…
Read Blog DetailWatch Kathryn Hickok testify before the House Committee on Education about the benefits…
Read Blog DetailThe House Education Committee will hear a bill proposing a K-12 tax credit…
Read Blog Detailby Christina Martin According to the College Board, 75% of Oregon schools do…
Read Blog DetailGovernor John Kitzhaber recently announced plans to consolidate control over all levels of…
Read Blog DetailWhat made a low-income African American single mother risk jail time in Ohio?…
Read Blog DetailThis week is National School Choice Week. School choice stands apart from other…
Read Blog DetailSummary A Modest Tax Credit Scholarship Program Would Produce a Fiscal Net Benefit…
Read Blog DetailLocal Districts Keep Thousands of Oregon Kids Waiting for a Choice by Christina…
Read Blog DetailLending Superman a Hand By Darla Romfo Download PDF The award-winning documentary Waiting…
Read Blog DetailCascade’s School Choice beginnings by Steve Buckstein Why is school choice such an…
Read Blog DetailOn January 23-29, school choice supporters across the U.S. will shine a spotlight…
Read Blog DetailChildren’s Scholarship Fund President Darla Romfo has been chosen as one of the…
Read Blog DetailLast summer, over 4,700 kids were on waiting lists hoping to attend an…
Read Blog DetailListen to Kathryn Hickok talk about the Children’s Scholarship Fund on “The Lighter…
Read Blog DetailFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 5, 2011 Contact: Christina Martin Cascade Policy Institute Tel.:…
Read Blog DetailBy Christina Martin and Rebecca Steele Executive Summary Download PDF Oregon’s charter schools,…
Read Blog DetailMany people have no idea what online learning looks like for a K-12…
Read Blog Detail“Stabilizing” University of Oregon Funding – At the Expense of Everything Else Download…
Read Blog DetailThis week, Parade Magazine published its first-ever list of “Personalities of the Year.”…
Read Blog DetailBiggest Bang for Your Buck? A Closer Look at Portland’s $548 Million School…
Read Blog DetailThe Children’s Scholarship Fund, the national organization that provides matching funding to Cascade for…
Read Blog DetailThe Portland Public School District will hold a public hearing tonight (12/1) at…
Read Blog DetailA Mother’s Plea for School Choice By Kristina Ribali Click here for a…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint11-10-10Christina.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary By Christina Martin…
Read Blog DetailFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Christina Martin Cascade Policy Institute Tel.: 503-242-0900 Fax: 503-242-3822…
Read Blog DetailOnline Charter Schools increase district Funding per student by Eric Fruits, Ph D…
Read Blog DetailOn October 15th, Christina Martin debated education reform, school choice, and charter schools…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint10-13-10Kathryn.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary by Kathryn Hickok…
Read Blog DetailChildren’s Scholarship Fund Kids Aren’t Waiting for Superman! by Kathryn Hickok October’s nationwide…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint9-8-10Kathryn.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary This week 29,000…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint 9-1-10.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary By Kathryn…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint8-23-10Olivia.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary By Olivia Wolcott…
Read Blog DetailU-Choose has scheduled another great issues forum you will not want to miss!…
Read Blog DetailChildren’s Scholarship Fund-Portland: “Giving Parents a Choice, Giving Children a Chance” By Kathryn…
Read Blog DetailWhy Must Schools Fail Before Parents Can Choose Charters? by Olivia Wolcott and…
Read Blog DetailWill Oregon’s Virtual Charter Schools Survive? Download the PDF By Christina Martin For…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint7-21-10Olivia.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary By Olivia Wolcott…
Read Blog DetailTwo of Cascade’s research associates, Olivia Wolcott and Rebecca Steele, advocated…
Read Blog DetailCheck out the latest Cascade Newsletter with articles on Health Care, State Post…
Read Blog DetailSteve talks failing schools on Victoria Taft Check out Steve Buckstein talking failing…
Read Blog DetailState Board of Education Continues to Look at Virtual Charter School Issue…
Read Blog DetailForced Participation: Public Education’s Fatal Flaw by Steve Buckstein The high school redesign…
Read Blog DetailThe Downside of Measure 68 By Steve Buckstein At first glance, Measure 68 on…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint5-12-10Kathryn.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary By Kathryn Hickok…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint5-5-10Christina.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary by Christina Martin…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint4-21-10Kathryn.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Florida Steps Up…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint4-7-10Kathryn.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Chicago Democrat Leads…
Read Blog DetailSchool Choice Makes “Cents” for Oregon’s Budget By Jeff W. Reed As Oscar…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint_3-31-10.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Private Scholarships: A…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint3-17-10Christina.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Our Education System’s…
Read Blog DetailFor release March 10, 2010 Cascade Policy Institute & Foundation for Educational Choice…
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Read Blog DetailSpeech to the Junior State of America by Christina Martin Cascade’s Christina Martin…
Read Blog DetailSummary: Instead of blocking innovation in education, the Oregon Legislature should ensure that…
Read Blog DetailSummary: Forty-four percent of Oregon parents would choose private school if they could…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint 9-30-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Do charter…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint 10-6-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary The history…
Read Blog DetailSummary: Corbett High School is one of the top 100 public…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint 9-9-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Corbett’s K-12…
Read Blog Detail[audio:QuickPoint 8-19-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary This summer…
Read Blog DetailSummary: A recent U.S. Supreme Court case requiring a school district to reimburse…
Read Blog DetailOregon’s public schools are failing Oregon students. That became even clearer on August…
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Read Blog DetailDavid struggled in public school. His individual learning needs were not being met….
Read Blog Detail[audio:QP 5-20-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Oregon received…
Read Blog DetailA Hillsboro 8th grader will receive up to ten thousand dollars to help…
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Read Blog DetailSummary: House Bill 2754 would create two education tax credits, one for families’…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Executive summary Currently, Oregon parents of public school children…
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Read Blog DetailWhere do Oregonians send their children to school? Where would they send them…
Read Blog Detail– Survey Results Find Strong Support for School Choice Among Democrats, Independents, Republicans…
Read Blog DetailMany policymakers in Oregon have concluded that global warming is a crisis, that…
Read Blog DetailDid you know that in the last ten years, over 600 Oregon children…
Read Blog DetailSummary The proposed renewal of the five-year levy that created the Portland Children’s…
Read Blog DetailThe U.S. Department of Education has released a report entitled “Preserving a Critical…
Read Blog DetailSummary Absent serious structural reforms such as school-level competition, paying for performance in…
Read Blog DetailIntroduction and Executive Summary This report examines the potential for using performance incentives…
Read Blog DetailLast week Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed legislation enacting a new school choice…
Read Blog DetailThe Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice recently released a poll of 1,000 likely…
Read Blog DetailSummary A federal review found Oregon’s Child Welfare program to be in “substantial…
Read Blog DetailSummary Why has Governor Ted Kulongoski left at-risk and abused kids waiting during…
Read Blog DetailSummary Calculating the true per-student cost of public education in Oregon is complicated,…
Read Blog DetailRecently, the Oregon Board of Education took up the issue of whether and…
Read Blog DetailSummary A recent study of public sector retirement funds by The Pew Charitable…
Read Blog DetailThe Portland Public School Board recently denied all four requests from charter school…
Read Blog DetailContrary to what the interest groups who run our public education system keep…
Read Blog DetailDo you believe in Santa Claus? By the time many people think they…
Read Blog DetailIn 1999 local Oregon donors pledged one million dollars to begin the Children’s…
Read Blog DetailLast summer the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation released a study entitled…
Read Blog DetailThe Oregon Legislature recently passed a 6.2 billion dollar budget for K-12 education…
Read Blog DetailThe conventional wisdom in Oregon is that we’ve been “disinvesting” in public schools…
Read Blog DetailLast week the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation released a landmark study…
Read Blog DetailThe mix of traditional school closures, charter school openings, and transfers out of…
Read Blog DetailFinally, low-income students and their parents will be able to see the Oregon…
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