Cascade Policy Institute is dedicated to presenting Oregonians with promising, cost effective ways to improve education. To fulfill that mission, we ask fundamental questions: How can we empower teachers in the classroom? Who should be the decision-makers for a school? What incentives would lead to better school performance? How can parents gain more control over their children's education?
School choice, disciplined fiscal policy and innovative, market-oriented alternatives are the calling cards of the Institute's education research. Over the last decade Cascade has been at the forefront of reform debates in Oregon and has advanced real policy solutions. In 1993, Cascade brought Ted Kolderie, the father of the national charter school movement, to Portland; six years later and with Cascade's input, the Oregon State Legislature passed a law allowing charter schools in Oregon.
Beyond charter schools, Cascade explores a variety of education-related issues, including tuition tax credits, vouchers, teacher certification and school funding. In addition, the Institute takes an active role in improving education for Oregonians through the Children's Scholarship Fund - Portland. This privately funded program is providing four-year scholarships to several hundred low-income families in the Portland area so that they can send their children to the schools of their choice.
From private scholarships to detailed analysis of spending and reform issues, Cascade helps promote policies that encourage choice and competition, to the benefit of teachers, parents and children.
School choice, disciplined fiscal policy and innovative, market-oriented alternatives are the calling cards of the Institute's education research. Over the last decade Cascade has been at the forefront of reform debates in Oregon and has advanced real policy solutions. In 1993, Cascade brought Ted Kolderie, the father of the national charter school movement, to Portland; six years later and with Cascade's input, the Oregon State Legislature passed a law allowing charter schools in Oregon.
Beyond charter schools, Cascade explores a variety of education-related issues, including tuition tax credits, vouchers, teacher certification and school funding. In addition, the Institute takes an active role in improving education for Oregonians through the Children's Scholarship Fund - Portland. This privately funded program is providing four-year scholarships to several hundred low-income families in the Portland area so that they can send their children to the schools of their choice.
From private scholarships to detailed analysis of spending and reform issues, Cascade helps promote policies that encourage choice and competition, to the benefit of teachers, parents and children.
