The Importance of School Choice with Donna Kreitzberg of Education Freedom of Oregon

Over the last few years, Oregon Public Schools have been struggling with academic excellence. Student Test Score’s are dropping dramatically in reading, math, and science. You can research the information in this link: https://www.oregon.gov/ode/educator-resources/assessment/Pages/Assessment-Group-Reports.aspx
Both Parents and Educators are becoming concerned about the challenges students face in the classroom from academic excellence to the distractions in the classroom due to teachers pushing both their political and activism viewpoints instead of focusing on educating their students in the necessary fundamentals of reading, writing, math, science, etc, so they can thrive scholastically and prepare for success once they leave the public school education system.
Fortunately, there are a group of Educators and Parents that are working diligently to provided other options for students who want to thrive and learn in the academic arena. 
I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Donna Kreitzberg of Education Freedom of Oregon who has been working hard to create two amendments that would be a win-win-win for both the schools, the parents and their children. They are the Open Enrollment and the School Choice Amendments.  
The goal is to start collecting signatures in early 2023, so both Amendments can be on the ballot in November 2024. If both Amendments pass they would become a part of the Oregon State Constitution.
After reading through the documentation and talking to Donna at length about both Amendments, I am very grateful for all the hard work Donna and many others have done to make this come to fruition and I look forward to supporting them along this journey anyway I can. 
Our children deserve the BEST education possible, which is free of divisiveness, indoctrination, and coercion.  We need an educational environment that challenges our students in academic excellence, critical thinking, and the ability to have respectful dialogue and debate in the classroom without being judged, criticized, canceled, or fear they will get a poor grade if they do not align with their teachers belief system. 
My son graduated in 2011, he had an incredible public school education from K-12, so I am very surprised at how much has changed over the last decade. I believe it is every Oregonians responsibilities to support our youth and work together to make sure they have the best education possible, so they can thrive in the world once they graduate and enter adulthood. 

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