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This year, I switched my 2nd grade son to Trillium Charter School in North Portland after I was dissapointed in the educational model I observed in our neighborhood school.  At our old school, he was parked in his desk to spit out worksheets for hours each day.  At Trillium, he in engaged and challenged.  Trillium uses the constructivist model of education - a more creative and project-based model that has been widely shown in research to better educate kids.  Schools around the country have been adopting this model with great results.  Apart from a few charter or nontraditional schools, I find that most Portland schools are behind the times in the way they educate their students.  I hope we can move beyond those out-dated models.  I think community support for charter and nonstandard schools will be very important in the coming years.   

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