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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: A Holiday Wishlist for Oregon
Description: Full Text: ‘Tis the season for holiday wishes. And, toward that end, we at Cascade Policy Institute have some of our own wishes for the New Year.
We hope that someday soon, Oregon high school students who are 15 or 16 years old will be allowed to take the GED exam and graduate early with a diploma. Currently, it’s near impossible for high school students to take the GED. But, Cascade has a bill proposal that will change that and open up new opportunities to graduate early.
We wish that Oregon would join dozens of other stat...