Andrew Scott

Public policy nerd | PPS board member | ❤️ Oregon

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@badguy974 @DavidLund6 @mattyglesias Curious how you feel about the government telling us we must buy domestic products by imposing tariffs (ie taxes) on foreign goods?

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@soofriends @gozidad @NateSilver538 @CNN The point is that there are dozens of drugs people take for chronic conditions, some of which could be controlled by lifestyle changes instead of drugs. But we only attack overweight people taking Ozempic. Why is that? Maybe just let individuals make decisions with their doctors?

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@gozidad @NateSilver538 @CNN @gozidad I have high cholesterol. I’m not overweight. I eat healthy, exercise regularly (I’m a triathlete), and yet it remained high until I started taking a statin. Now it’s normal. I have to take the statin for the rest of my life. Am I pathetic?

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

I think we’re not talking nearly enough about how the election was held on Guy Fawkes day. Honestly, should have seen this coming.

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@jordan_pape @hborrud @jrlsilverman We’ve been running a natural experiment for decades with 197 Oregon school districts. If it’s all about “accountability” and not funding then surely some of those districts would have hired the right board and superintendent and figured it out, right? But they’ve all declined.

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

This is a bad take on 3 levels:
1. No one is asking for increased funding, no strings attached.
2. There is a difference between one time funding and ongoing funding.
3. It continues to let state officials off the hook for decades of disinvestment.

@hborrud @jrlsilverman

[Hillary Borrud @hborrud]

Could Oregon's K-12 schools improve learning with a huge cash infusion, no strings attached, for districts to spend as they pleased?

State leaders tried that w/ Oregon's $1.6 billion in federal schools aid. The results are in:

https://t.co/onHOHsow9j 🙏 @jrlsilverman @chalkup

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@jordan_pape @hborrud @jrlsilverman So are you questioning the impact of Measures 5 and 50 on Oregon’s public schools? If so that’s definitely a contrarian take.

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@kmcgair @PPSConnect @BrimJulia Closing schools doesn’t save that much - an administrator, a secretary, a custodian maybe, and a little bit in utilities, but the teachers follow the students.

We will have to close schools if declining enrollment continues, but it’s not a viable short-term budget solution.

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@jrlsilverman @citizen_oregon @hborrud 💯 But Hillary’s tweet gives cover to state leaders who are saying no more funding until school district’s do better, and that’s a recipe for another lost generation of Oregon students

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@citizen_oregon @hborrud @jrlsilverman The article is great, I was referring to the take that more funding won’t solve the education crisis in Oregon. I guarantee we won’t solve it with the same funding.

The article also notes PPS was one of the most successful districts in Oregon. And we have to do much better.

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

Let’s start with something simple…

“Williams said Oregon’s unusually short school year sets it apart from other states….”

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@kmcgair @jordan_pape Apples to apples comparisons in education are hard (I looked for this piece but all have comparability issues). But generally speaking Oregon is average in both spending and outcomes. The idea that we can do dramatically better with the same or fewer resources seems unrealistic.

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@jordan_pape Short of that, vague calls for “accountability” sound more like political blame-shifting than actual leadership.

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@jordan_pape The entire PPS budget is public and every dollar tracked. The state has a Quality Education Commission that says we’re dramatically underfunding our public schools. I welcome a conversation with anyone who has identified tens of millions in “waste.”

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

Opinion: After PPS teachers strike, Oregon’s leaders need to step up on education funding - https://t.co/gmPfL6gyNI

“We have to do better, all of us, and the governor and Legislature have an opportunity to make things right.”
https://t.co/45tLkuJCBs

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@DocAdams1020 Happy Thanksgiving!

[Jonathan García @JonGarc1a]

Appreciate our @PPSConnect school board who joined our bargaining team this weekend to provide direction on continued compromises within our fixed resources until we arrive at a fair settlement.

[Julia Brim-Edwards @BrimJulia]

Alert: PPS School Board to take action on resolution on GRANT BOWL Track & Field & BENSON Track replacement on 9/5 at 6:40
Andrew Scott & I bringing forward Resolution 6755.
@PILathletics @PPSConnect @Drewid95 https://t.co/KifehMtpVw

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@DocAdams1020 @SecCardona What a prestigious honor! Congratulations!

[Andrew Scott @Drewid95]

@jrlsilverman Not just less than what was asked for, but less than what is required to fund the same services as last year.