Oregon education policy is driven by a culture to pursue quick wins. Quick wins look good. Underneath the surface, they promote inefficiency and ineffectiveness by treating symptoms. They initiate a hamster wheel of activity producing an illusion of progress…

While Oregon young people are beating the odds everyday toward their diploma, the K-12 education system is governed and designed so ineffectively and incoherently that their success seems by chance, not by design.

Amidst the negativity surrounding Oregon’s K-12 public education system, some important opportunities are getting lost: A bold, attainable vision in which Oregon is a national leader in ten years- where young people are thriving in school and in life, equipped for their future with an excellent public education…