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What’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 News DetailNot a Carbon-Free Breeze
[audio:QuickPoint 8-12-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Why are…
Read News DetailMoney Won’t Fix Schools
Oregon’s public schools are failing Oregon students. That became even clearer on August…
Read News DetailTwo Job-Killer bills threaten to destroy 100 TIMES more jobs than Oregon’s so-called “stimulus package” will create
CORRECTION of media release dated June 24, 2009 The state recently announced that…
Read News DetailThe Troubled Ambassador
[audio:QuickPoint 8-5-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary The city…
Read News DetailWind Farms Can’t Take the Heat
Temperatures soared in Oregon last week and, with the extreme temperatures, energy use…
Read News DetailTax Credits for Hybrids Don’t Significantly Increase Demand
[audio:QuickPoint – 7-29-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary It…
Read News DetailThe Fatal Conceit
Summary: Created nearly ten years ago, the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department’s…
Read News DetailJohn A. Charles, Jr. featured in KATU 2 story on the “cash for clunkers” program
The federal government’s ‘Cash for clunkers’ program aims to boost cars sales and…
Read News DetailIt’s Summertime, But These Students Can’t Wait to Go to School
[audio:QuickPoint – 7-22-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio Quick Point….
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