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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: Charter schools could save the fall semester
Description: On March 16, Governor Kate Brown directed Oregon schools to stop in-person classes to slow the spread of COVID-19. Facing an uncertain future for ābrick and mortarā schooling,Ā 300Ā Oregon students completed the process to transfer to one of Oregonās 14 online charter schools.
Eleven days after the shutdown of in-person schools, the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) prevented additional student transfers to online charter schools. Jeff Kropf, the founder of Oregon Connections Academy, estimated that around 1,600 students wereĀ unable to move to his schoolĀ because of ODEās decision to freeze further transfers.
ODEās decision curtailed thou...