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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: 3 Ways New Oregon Leadership Can Improve K-12 Education Fast
Description: Full Text: Oregon soon will have new statewide leadership. Oregon’s education policies need to catch up with students’ learning needs, and fresh leadership provides opportunities to respond to parents’ demand for more choices in K-12 education.
Here are three ways Oregon leaders can improve education in 2023:
1. Support Oregon’s thriving public charter schools by raising the legislative cap on charter enrollment. Removing the enrollment cap would allow successful charters to meet student demand.
2. Expand district transfer policies so parents can choose among public options. This would create incentives for schools to respond to famil...