Giving Parents a Choice Gives Children a Chance

January 22-28 is National School Choice Week “If you save one life, you save the world.” So believed Ted Forstmann, cofounder of the Children’s Scholarship Fund. January 22-28 is the second annual National School Choice Week. A collaboration of more … Continue reading

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Cascade’s School Choice Beginnings

January 22-28 is National School Choice Week Why is school choice such an important part of Cascade Policy Institute’s agenda? Partially, because it is the issue that got us started back in 1991. In 1990 a small group, including myself, … Continue reading

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Honoring Freedom’s “Johnny Appleseed”

This year is being coined a “Season of Growth” for the dramatic gains that have been made in school choice. And, indeed, it has been, with school choice programs being enacted or expanded in more than a dozen states across … Continue reading

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Cascade Policy Institute joins national effort to celebrate freedom

Cascade Policy Institute to Honor Noble Laureate Milton Friedman on July 29 Portland, Oregon – Cascade Policy Institute will honor Dr. Milton Friedman on July 29 as part of a national day of recognition for the Nobel Laureate and his … Continue reading

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Join the Celebration! Cascade’s 20th Anniversary

Cascade 20th Anniversary from Cascade Policy on Vimeo. You are cordially invited to celebrate Cascade Policy Institute’s 20th Anniversary the evening of May 26 with a Willamette River cruise on the Portland Spirit! Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal … Continue reading

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