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Education is very underreported on, both in the state and nationally. I think that we need to look at how our children are being educated, how it was evaluated, and what we can do to improve the education being given at all levels.

I think that most parents and community members don't know how classrooms are different from when we were in school, the way state testing happens and what it means to how schools are graded, and what to do if their children aren't meeting state standards. I would like to hear from classroom teachers, rather than just state and school district talking heads, sharing their experiences.

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I was pretty impressed with the quality of the show, although I completely agree that killing Oregon Considered was a terrible idea. I think that having a strong onews rganization like OPB, and not doing local new programming is a crime. I am glad we are covering central Oregon better, but it seems sad that there isn't one place to go and get all the Oregon news now. I like the show, but this isn't a replacement for news programming.

How about we lose World Have Your Say and bring back Oregon news programming?

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I think that there are a lot of things we have the choice to do that can make Oregonians, and our children, more competitive, as well as more able to understand the world context we live in. It is too simplistic to say that Californians drive up the prices of our homes, without looking at why we make less money here than most Californians do, and what we can do to attract the kinds of jobs that will make our standard of living higher.

I think that more investment in education at all levels, sticking with our land use planning system, and creating opportunities for cultural exchange in business and educational spheres is a start. I am glad that the Metro Area has so many bilingual grade school programs, but I wish they existed in other areas of the state. We live here because there were no bilingual programs in Bend, where we used to live, or several other areas of the state we considered, and we want our children to have that leg up.

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