THE OREGON EDUCATION SOLUTION WHOSE TIME HAS COME

By Kathryn Hickok. Next week is National School Choice Week, the world’s largest celebration of parental choice and effective educational options for all children. Students have different talents and needs and learn in different ways. The landscape of options to meet those needs is more diverse today than ever. These options include traditional public schools, charter schools, magnet schools, online learning, private schools, and homeschooling. Oregon’s 2012 “Mother of the Year” Bobbie Jager says, “The word ‘choice’ in our home means, ‘of high quality and carefully selected,’

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EDUCATIONAL CHOICE: A “TICKET TO THE FUTURE” FOR EVERY CHILD

Derrell Bradford has spent his adult life passionately advocating for education reform through parental choice. Derrell grew up in southwest Baltimore and received a scholarship to a private high school. Better than anyone, he knows the power of choice to unleash a child’s potential. “A scholarship is not a five-year plan or a power point…,” Derrell explained recently. “It’s a ticket to the future, granted today, for a child trying to shape his or her own destiny in the here and now….” Choices in education are widespread in America, unless you are poor. Affluent families can mo

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PRESS RELEASE: LARGEST CELEBRATION OF EDUCATION REFORM IN U.S. HISTORY BEGINS JANUARY 24

Cascade Policy Institute Plans Special Event to Celebrate National School Choice Week 2016 Portland, Oregon to play role in nation’s largest celebration of education reform Portland, Ore. – Cascade Policy Institute will hold a special event in celebration of National School Choice Week 2016, organizers announced today. The event will shine a spotlight on the need to expand access to educational options for all children. The event will take place at noon on Thursday, January 28, at Cascade Policy Institute. Cascade’s Founder and Senior Policy Analyst Steve Buckstein will discuss the lates

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