
Parents Say They Want More School Options for Their Children
By Kathryn Hickok As K-12 students return to school, about four-fifths of them…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok As K-12 students return to school, about four-fifths of them…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok A June 2023 RealClear Opinion Research survey of registered voters…
Read Blog DetailBy Ethan Rohrbach For decades, Portland Public Schools (PPS) has tried to close…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Three states recently expanded education options for K-12 students through…
Read Blog DetailEric Fruits, Ph.D.Cascade Policy Institute Support for HB 3068: Award high school diploma…
Read Blog DetailBy James Swyter In 2015, representatives from Portland Public Schools (PPS) gave a…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Cascade Policy Institute’s bill to make it easier for…
Read Blog DetailFebruary 16, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cascade Policy Institute4850 SW Scholls Ferry Rd.,…
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Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Cascade Policy Institute has released a new report evaluating the…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the “Doonesbury”…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok This is National School Choice Week, an annual celebration of…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok January 22-28 is National School Choice Week, a celebration of…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Critics of education savings accounts, or ESAs, claim that…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Critics of education savings accounts, or ESAs, claim ESA…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Vouchers and education savings accounts (ESAs) are a subset…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D “What’s the one thing you’d do to fix Oregon?”…
Read Blog DetailBy James Swyter For years, policymakers in Oregon have wrung their hands over…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok This summer, Arizona expanded the nation’s first Education Savings Account…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Oregon soon will have a new governor and a new…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. By now you’ve heard of President Biden’s student loan…
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Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Next week is National Charter Schools Week. Oregon passed…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok The last two years have made it clear: Oregon parents…
Read Blog DetailFebruary 24, 2022 Senate Committee on EducationOregon State Legislature Re: Support for SB…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. COVID-19 disrupted—and may continue to disrupt—in-person learning at many…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Earlier this week, the Michigan Democratic Party’s Facebook account…
Read Blog DetailBy Stewart Robertson Recently, Governor Kate Brown quietly signed Senate Bill 744. The…
Read Blog DetailBy Helen Doran Learning pods have become a popular solution for parents searching…
Read Blog DetailApril 21, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cascade Policy Institute4850 SW Scholls Ferry Rd.,…
Read Blog DetailBy Helen Doran The president of the National Education Association recently said she…
Read Blog DetailVia EmailMarch 11, 2021 Senate Committee on Education Oregon State Legislature Re: Opposition…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok and Helen Doran Every parent knows a solid education prepares…
Read Blog DetailBy Helen Doran Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents now find themselves…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. On September 21, 2020, Oregon’s Senate heard policy proposals…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 30 in Espinoza v….
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok If Oregon charter school students can stay at home and…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield When Kendra Espinoza’s husband suddenly left their small family, her…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok and Miranda Bonifield Virginia Walden Ford is a Washington, D.C….
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok January 26-February 1 is National School Choice Week, the world’s…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield In 1926, an Oregon school controversy made it all the…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield Virginia Walden Ford is a mom whose extraordinary sacrifice and…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield Parents know the educational needs of their children are as…
Read Blog DetailBy Helen Cook When did you last hear a child profess his love…
Read Blog DetailJune 5, 2019 Chair Wagner and Members of the Committee, my name is…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. The Portland Association of Teachers declares Oregon has suffered…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok This month Tennessee enacted a new Education Savings Account (ESA)…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield A Portland public school made headlines last week for offering…
Read Blog DetailBy Bobbie Jager As a mother of 13 children (no, that’s not a…
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 John A. Charles, Jr. Governor Kate Brown’s proposed two-year general fund budget…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein On September 25, Cascade Policy Institute and its School Choice…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok This spring, the Children’s Scholarship Fund-Oregon program sponsored by Cascade…
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 Kathryn Hickok Governor Kate Brown opened this month’s legislative session with her…
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 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 Steve Buckstein What would you do if you read an article about…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Education Savings Accounts deposit a percentage of…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Walter (Altus Law LLC) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY When Oregon became a state…
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