Statewide collective bargaining, chronic teacher and student absenteeism and woefully short school years are just a few of the topics Rick Metsger dives into with Jim Green, former Executive Director of the Oregon School Boards Association in this month’s Political Center video podcast.

Green, who retired after more than 30 years advocating for education issues before the Oregon Legislature, says he believes things need to change to provide Oregon school children the education they deserve and what Oregonians expect of their public school system.

In this podcast, Green talks about collective bargaining, absenteeism, students testing ,changes to the state funding formula and more.