Oregon Business Matters Talks with Stand for Children’s Sarah Pope

May 28, 2025

OBI’s Oregon Business Matters podcast today released an interview with Sarah Pope, executive director of Stand for Children Oregon. 

Sarah and host Angela Wilhelms, OBI’s president and CEO, discuss Oregon’s weak performance on nationwide standardized tests and the things successful states have done to boost student learning.

Meanwhile, don’t miss Oregon Business Matters’ earlier interviews, including discussions with Republican and Democratic legislative leaders and with longtime pollster John Horvick of DHM Research.

Oregon Business Matters focuses on insights, issues and initiatives that affect Oregonians’ shared prosperity and the state’s economy.

Episodes can be found on OBI’s website here and on major podcast platforms, including Apple, Spotify and YouTube.