The Pueblo Chieftain Reports On A New Debate In Oregon To Pass A Mandatory Week Of Outdoor Schooling For Every Child
Oregon has been debating whether it should give all its schools a mandatory one week outdoor schooling program to give kids the opportunity to learn about the wilderness and gain essential leadership skills. Up to this point, the program has been beneficial to the students that participate.
As The Pueblo Chieftain writer Gillian Flaccus relates in her article: "At the program’s heyday, 90 percent of sixth-graders spent the week testing water samples, studying fungi and digging through topsoil. Today, just half of Oregon’s 11- and 12-year-olds take part, mostly through a patchwork of grants, fundraising, parent fees and charitable donations. Caps on property taxes, plus the recent recession, have forced many school districts to scrap the program or whittle it down to just a few days."
Check this full article at The Pueblo Chieftain right here.
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