Help CSF Win $200,000 Award from American Express
The Children’s Scholarship Fund, the national organization that provides matching funding to Cascade for…
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A Closer Look at Portland’s $548 Million School Modernization Proposal: Biggest Bang for Your Buck?
The Portland Public School District will hold a public hearing tonight (12/1) at…
Read Blog DetailA Mother’s Plea for School Choice
A Mother’s Plea for School Choice By Kristina Ribali Click here for a…
Read Blog DetailUnions’ School Funding Fears Are Unfounded, Study Finds
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Read Blog DetailPress Release: Online Charter Schools increase district Funding per student
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Christina Martin Cascade Policy Institute Tel.: 503-242-0900 Fax: 503-242-3822…
Read Blog DetailReport: Online Charter Schools increase district Funding per student
Online Charter Schools increase district Funding per student by Eric Fruits, Ph D…
Read Blog DetailChristina Martin on Populations TV
On October 15th, Christina Martin debated education reform, school choice, and charter schools…
Read Blog DetailPrivate Scholarships Bring Kids Hope Today
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Read Blog DetailChildren’s Scholarship Fund Kids Aren’t Waiting for Superman!
Children’s Scholarship Fund Kids Aren’t Waiting for Superman! by Kathryn Hickok October’s nationwide…
Read Blog DetailBack to School with the Children’s Scholarship Fund
[audio:QuickPoint9-8-10Kathryn.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary This week 29,000…
Read Blog DetailSolid Foundations Mean More Graduations
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Read Blog DetailOregon School Districts Restrict Choice for Special Education Students
[audio:QuickPoint8-23-10Olivia.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary By Olivia Wolcott…
Read Blog DetailAugust 19th U-Choose Public Education – Cost and Quality and Teachers Unions
U-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”
Children’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?
Why Must Schools Fail Before Parents Can Choose Charters? by Olivia Wolcott and…
Read Blog DetailWill Oregon’s Virtual Charter Schools Survive?
Will Oregon’s Virtual Charter Schools Survive? Download the PDF By Christina Martin For…
Read Blog DetailChildren Take Backseat to Union Dues
[audio:QuickPoint7-21-10Olivia.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary By Olivia Wolcott…
Read Blog DetailState Board Continues Debating Virtual Charter School Enrollment Cap
Two of Cascade’s research associates, Olivia Wolcott and Rebecca Steele, advocated…
Read Blog DetailCascade Newsletter Volume 17, Number 1
Check out the latest Cascade Newsletter with articles on Health Care, State Post…
Read Blog DetailSteve talks failing schools on Victoria Taft
Steve 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
State Board of Education Continues to Look at Virtual Charter School Issue…
Read Blog DetailForced Participation: Public Education’s Fatal Flaw
Forced Participation: Public Education’s Fatal Flaw by Steve Buckstein The high school redesign…
Read Blog DetailThe Downside of Measure 68
The Downside of Measure 68 By Steve Buckstein At first glance, Measure 68 on…
Read Blog DetailFor Real Reform, Allow More Innovative Schools
[audio:QuickPoint5-12-10Kathryn.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary By Kathryn Hickok…
Read Blog DetailDon’t Let School Choice Lose Ground in Oregon!
[audio:QuickPoint5-5-10Christina.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary by Christina Martin…
Read Blog DetailFlorida Steps Up Their School Choice Scholarship Program
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Read Blog DetailChicago Democrat Leads Charge to Help 22,000 Kids Get a Better Education
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Read Blog DetailSchool Choice Makes “Cents” for Oregon’s Budget
School Choice Makes “Cents” for Oregon’s Budget By Jeff W. Reed As Oscar…
Read Blog DetailPrivate Scholarships: A Successful Path to High School Graduation
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Read Blog DetailOur Education System’s Costly Failures
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Read Blog DetailOregon’s High School Dropouts Cost State $400 Million Annually
For release March 10, 2010 Cascade Policy Institute & Foundation for Educational Choice…
Read Blog DetailMore Red Tape for Virtual Charter Schools
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Read Blog DetailSpeech to the Junior State of America
Speech to the Junior State of America by Christina Martin Cascade’s Christina Martin…
Read Blog DetailVirtual Ping Pong
Summary: Instead of blocking innovation in education, the Oregon Legislature should ensure that…
Read Blog DetailLearning from Others: Education Tax Credits are a Win-Win
Summary: Forty-four percent of Oregon parents would choose private school if they could…
Read Blog DetailCharter Schools Don’t Take the Cream, They Make More
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Read Blog DetailVirtual Schools: A Study in Freedom
[audio:QuickPoint 10-6-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary The history…
Read Blog DetailCorbett: The Little District That Could
Summary: Corbett High School is one of the top 100 public…
Read Blog DetailCorbett: The Little District That Could
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Read Blog DetailSchool Doors Open for Lower-Income Hoosier Children
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Read Blog DetailWhat’s the Big IDEA?Picking Winners and Losers in Education
Summary: A recent U.S. Supreme Court case requiring a school district to reimburse…
Read Blog DetailMoney Won’t Fix Schools
Oregon’s public schools are failing Oregon students. That became even clearer on August…
Read Blog DetailIt’s Summertime, But These Students Can’t Wait to Go to School
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Read Blog DetailThe Power of Choice in Virtual Charter Schools
David struggled in public school. His individual learning needs were not being met….
Read Blog DetailSB 767 Violates Oregon’s Education Reform Promise
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Read Blog DetailOREGON SCHOOL CHOICE VIDEO CONTESTWINNING FAMILY CLAIMS $10,000 GRAND PRIZE
A Hillsboro 8th grader will receive up to ten thousand dollars to help…
Read Blog DetailWho Represents the Children?
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Read Blog Detail“Education Does Come First, Doesn’t It?”
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Read Blog DetailEducation Tax Credits Can Save Oregon Money
Summary: House Bill 2754 would create two education tax credits, one for families’…
Read Blog DetailFiscal Impacts of Proposed Educational Tax Credits
By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Executive summary Currently, Oregon parents of public school children…
Read Blog DetailIf School Choice Were a TV Show
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Read Blog DetailBailing Out School Choice
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Read Blog DetailWin $10,000 for your Children’s K-12 Education!
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Read Blog DetailNearly Nine out of Ten Oregonians Would Opt out of Regular Public Schools
Where do Oregonians send their children to school? Where would they send them…
Read Blog DetailNearly Nine of Ten Oregonians Would Opt Out of Regular Public Schools
– Survey Results Find Strong Support for School Choice Among Democrats, Independents, Republicans…
Read Blog DetailOregon Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policies: The Economic and Fiscal Impact Challenges
Many policymakers in Oregon have concluded that global warming is a crisis, that…
Read Blog DetailSmall Scholarships, Great Impact
Did you know that in the last ten years, over 600 Oregon children…
Read Blog DetailPortland Children’s Investment Fund: Taxation Is Not the Same As Charity
Summary The proposed renewal of the five-year levy that created the Portland Children’s…
Read Blog DetailPrivate Schools Are “Invaluable,” Says U.S. Dept. of Education
The U.S. Department of Education has released a report entitled “Preserving a Critical…
Read Blog DetailCan Pay-for-Performance Work in the Classroom?
Summary Absent serious structural reforms such as school-level competition, paying for performance in…
Read Blog DetailPaying for Performance to Improve K-12 Student Achievement
Introduction and Executive Summary This report examines the potential for using performance incentives…
Read Blog DetailSchool Choice for More Children, Says Georgia
Last week Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed legislation enacting a new school choice…
Read Blog DetailOnly 12% of Idahoans Would Choose a Public School for Their Children
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice recently released a poll of 1,000 likely…
Read Blog DetailSuffer the Little Children: How lack of transparency in a state agency endangers children
Summary A federal review found Oregon’s Child Welfare program to be in “substantial…
Read Blog DetailKids Can’t Wait
Summary Why has Governor Ted Kulongoski left at-risk and abused kids waiting during…
Read Blog DetailHow Much Does Oregon Spend Per Student?
Summary Calculating the true per-student cost of public education in Oregon is complicated,…
Read Blog DetailWhose Interests Does the Board of Education Serve?
Recently, the Oregon Board of Education took up the issue of whether and…
Read Blog DetailThe Hidden $6.2 BILLION Oregon PERS Liability
Summary A recent study of public sector retirement funds by The Pew Charitable…
Read Blog DetailNo Love for Charter Schools
The Portland Public School Board recently denied all four requests from charter school…
Read Blog DetailThe Public Knows Something Is Wrong with Education … and It’s Not Lack of Money
Contrary to what the interest groups who run our public education system keep…
Read Blog DetailThe Truth About Saint Nicholas
Do you believe in Santa Claus? By the time many people think they…
Read Blog DetailSchool Choice Equals Confidence and Success
In 1999 local Oregon donors pledged one million dollars to begin the Children’s…
Read Blog DetailAre Government Schools Safer Than Private Ones?
Last summer the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation released a study entitled…
Read Blog DetailOregon schools get more money, but most isn’t for students
The Oregon Legislature recently passed a 6.2 billion dollar budget for K-12 education…
Read Blog DetailCancel the Apocalypse: School Funding is Up (Again)
The conventional wisdom in Oregon is that we’ve been “disinvesting” in public schools…
Read Blog DetailSchool Choice Saves Children and Money
Last week the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation released a landmark study…
Read Blog DetailSchool Choice Should Be about Students, Not Buildings
The mix of traditional school closures, charter school openings, and transfers out of…
Read Blog DetailFreedom to Choose My School Grants
Finally, low-income students and their parents will be able to see the Oregon…
Read Blog DetailNew Study Shows that Selling the Elliott State Forest Could Double the Common School Fund
For immediate release, March 19, 2007 Cascade Policy Institute released a report today…
Read Blog DetailReal Leadership is More than Just Tilting at Windmills
On Monday, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman signed the nation’s first universal school voucher…
Read Blog DetailLuddites against Internet learning
Oregon’s charter school law requires 50 percent of online charter school students to…
Read Blog DetailSustainability without education won’t work
An influential group of business and political leaders just completed their fifth annual…
Read Blog DetailSchool district Berlin Walls
How many of us remember the scenes of young East Germans risking their…
Read Blog DetailBig Money doesn’t help Small Schools
The biggest private foundation in the world is pouring millions of dollars into…
Read Blog DetailWho should pay for your college education?
Oregonians have nixed a sales tax nine times at the ballot box, yet…
Read Blog DetailA Teachable Moment: Leveraging Oregon’s School Trust Lands
Oregon owns a billion dollars worth of agricultural and timber land that is…
Read Blog DetailOregon Charter School Report Card: The history, progress and future of charter schools in Oregon
INTRODUCTION by Steve Buckstein In 1991, two distinct educational reform paths took off…
Read Blog DetailEveryone Suffers Until No One Suffers
The Portland Public School District is going through a painful process of closing…
Read Blog DetailDr. Howard Fuller — Black Alliance for Educational Options
The Black Alliance for Educational Options and the Cascade Policy Institute present highlights…
Read Blog DetailDr. Howard Fuller — Black Alliance for Educational Options
The Black Alliance for Educational Options and the Cascade Policy Institute present highlights…
Read Blog DetailThe School Soda Scam
The American Beverage Association announced last week that it has worked with the…
Read Blog DetailStop leaving most children behind
While most Portlanders are focused on the Portland Public School District’s financial woes…
Read Blog DetailLeaving Most Children Behind: Thirty Years of Education Reform at Jefferson
Introduction In January, 2006, the Portland School Board voted to “reorder” the Jefferson…
Read Blog DetailReport Details Decades of Failure at Jefferson High School
Critics Charge Portland Public Schools with Sub-Standard Education This report was recently covered…
Read Blog DetailReport Details Decades of Failure at Jefferson High School
Critics Charge Portland Public Schools with Sub-Standard Education This report was recently covered…
Read Blog DetailSuing for Schools — Part II
Oregon’s school funding debate has entered a new phase. Last week several school…
Read Blog DetailTime to Sell Off the University System?
Kirby Dyess, vice president of the State Board of Higher Education, stunned her…
Read Blog DetailSuing for Schools
If you can’t convince legislators to spend more money on the public school…
Read Blog DetailPublic Schools: They’re Not Really Public
One of the biggest challenges for parents is deciding where to live in…
Read Blog DetailAnother School Choice Hurdle
Last week the Florida Supreme Court threw out the state’s “Opportunity Scholarships” that…
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