Rob Schläpfer

Rebuilding Oregon Education: How do we repair a failed system to promote success? America’s schools are failing. And they have been for decades. It’s a multi-causal problem that in the aggregate stems from misunderstanding what education is for. Why did America’s Founders give birth to public education — a revolutionary idea? To sustain the nation. Without it, the young Republic could not be “kept”. This is why public education is so important. There’s no Republic without it. oregonedproject.substack.com/p/rebuilding-o… Read the new broadside on American Education (15-20 minutes): oregoned.info/amed.pdf

Activist: "The water usage for beef is obscene. Thousands of litres per kilogram." Farmer: "That's rainfall." Activist: "What?" Farmer: "The figure includes all the rain that falls on the pasture. The cows drink from the stream. The rain falls whether there's a cow here or not." Activist: "It's still water consumption." Farmer: "Should I stop the rain falling on my field?" Activist: "Grow crops instead. More efficient." Farmer: "This is a 35-degree slope in the Welsh hills. Show me the crop." Activist: "Technology..." Farmer: "To make tractors climb mountains?" Activist: "There must be a solution." Farmer: "There is. It's called a cow." Activist: [checks phone]

School-based mental health interventions that prioritize & hyperfocus on emotions & feelings has been a disaster for young people. They are reverse-CBT. SEL must be abolished along with similar programs.

Here's a study on exactly that point: The proportion of academic words used by teachers during the school day is a significant predictor of student vocabulary growth and reading achievement. Research indicates that higher teacher usage of sophisticated, academic language directly correlates to higher student vocabulary scores at the end of the year, particularly for language-minority students. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37541302/

Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks about a Democratic "Project 2029" in which members of the current Trump administration, along with federal agents, will be criminally and civilly prosecuted. "Whatever it is that we can do. It may be that you cannot criminally prosecute somebody, but you can go after them civilly." Follow: @AFpost

An excellent account by @mattwridley of the life of 'pseudoscientist,' Paul Ehrlich, and the immense negative impact his writings and pronouncements had on the world. I call him a pseudoscientist because, as far as I can tell, he never once ran the three-cycle Scientific Method Engine: 1. Hypothesis 2. Data 3. Data-informed amended hypothesis Repeat. Ridley: Ehrlich's anti-human legacy open.substack.com/pub/rationalop…

Oregon’s education crisis can’t wait. Right now, our state ranks last in the nation in fourth-grade reading. That should be a wake-up call for all of us. When kids aren’t reading at grade level by fourth grade, it becomes much harder for them to succeed in every subject that follows. The consequences ripple through their education, their careers, and the future strength of our state. That’s why on day one as Governor, I would declare a state of emergency on education. The good news is there is a proven path forward. By refocusing on phonics and the science of reading, we can give our children the strong literacy foundation they need to succeed. Oregon’s kids are capable of incredible things. It’s time our education system gives them the tools to reach their potential. (Credit to @kgwnews )

The most recent disclosures from the teacher's union show why many families are leaving public schools and choosing education over indoctrination. foxnews.com/politics/leake… The NEA is little surprise given its president. facebook.com/reel/137979091…

'At every turn, it seemed, our leaders and media worked to deflect Americans from uncomfortable questions and push them toward approved opinions and behaviors.' Excellent @jamesbmeigs @WSJFreeEx @WSJopinion wsj.com/opinion/free-e…

This point can't be made enough, particularly in response to "gotcha" claims calling into question gains made in Mississippi, et al. No one has cracked the code on 8th grade reading. And the answer likely has less to do with policy than pedagogy: aei.org/op-eds/crackin…

"What students truly need is to grapple with the moral and sociocultural underpinnings of math. Homework doesn’t help with that." bit.ly/4sdywrF

@KOBITV What, no comment from your friends @ORD2 Indivisible?

45-year-old Jose Alonso Parmo Arguello, a Mexican citizen illegally residing in the U.S, made his first appearance in federal court on Wednesday and was ordered detained. kobi5.com/news/southern-…

Breaking: An illegal migrant store owner in Oregon has been arrested and charged for laundering MILLIONS of dollars in narcotics trafficking money to Mexico. Jose Alonso Paramo Arguello, 45, a citizen of Mexico, has been accused of using his three businesses to transfer drug money to Mexico — a common tactic used by the terrorist Cartels. He allegedly broke down transactions into smaller amounts and used fake names and addresses for the money senders to conceal the true nature of the funds, court documents state. Arguello is the owner and operator of two Tienda Santa Maria II stores, with one location in Phoenix, Oregon and another in Medford, Oregon. He also owns the Paramos Barber Shop in Central Point, Oregon. Arguello allegedly transferred more than $13 million of drug money through these stores, with transactions as recent as January 2026. A federal judge denied him bail during his arraignment on Wednesday.

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The organization that sets the agenda for the 130,000 school counselors across the U.S. just promoted a left-wing activist program that advocates for transgender ideology and critical race theory, according to a new report, writes @Tyler2ONeil dailysignal.com/2026/03/18/nat…

A “healthy economy” is when a typical 90 IQ man can hold down a job earning enough to fund a modest lifestyle with his wife & kids. This only works when 130 IQ men are free to build great things as they see fit, with minimal friction from 110 IQ administrators.

“Our democracy is inherently about participation,” said Kim. “It’s not about just reading books and building up that knowledge. It’s meant to get us to do this in a community of citizens and to engage more broadly.” That is the partisan approach of Democrats,who project onto the founding their “progressive” ideology.

A New Bill Calls for a Model Civics Curriculum at a Polarized Moment edweek.org/teaching-learn…

Oregon ranks 47th in education and dead last (50th) in 4th-grade reading and math — that’s a full-blown emergency. On Day 1, I will declare a state of emergency for our schools. Mississippi went from 47th to 1st in reading simply by getting back to the science of reading and phonics. We can do the same here. My entire family are educators; this is personal. Our kids deserve world-class schools, not excuses. opb.org/article/2026/0…

Richard D. Kahlenberg, Director of the American Identity Project at the Progressive Policy Institute, is this week's guest on the Education Exchange podcast. bit.ly/3PDoWQe

@chadojackson Even more important is the longterm effect of cultural evolution. “People of color” come from parts of the world that missed the rise of civilization — especially literacy and numeracy, which they only encountered recently.

The disparities between colored Americans and everyone else has nothing to do with a “system of white supremacy” or a lack of laws. It has to do with the fact that coloreds, more than any other “minority group” in America, have been targeted with an entire “civil rights movement” which emphasized the importance of electoral grievance over personal effort. Cries of “we shall overcome ‘SOME DAY’,” has instilled the futile posture of waiting for a political Superman, while others have outpaced you with the conventional wisdom of do-for-self.

A former education lobbyist has some regrets. Unprepared: The Broken Pipeline Teaching Oregon’s Teachers — Oregon Journalism Project oregonjournalismproject.org/unprepared-bro…

The “community schools” model transforms schools into social-service hubs that offer health care, counseling, meals, housing assistance, and more. Not only does this cost a fortune, it allows the government to intrude into domains that properly belong to families and to access children directly, often without their parents’ awareness. @kellyske shares her extensive knowledge about this movement in this episode with @SteveHiltonx. (Link to full episode in comments.)👇