- Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation - http://www.friedmanfoundation.org/
A foundation supported by Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman. Advocates restructuring the education system to ensure educational service competition and free choice.
- Center for Education Reform - http://edreform.com/
Advocacy, statistics, resources and guidance on education reform issues and action at the school, district, state and national levels, from School Choice, charter schools, and educational entrepreneurialism to high academic standards, teacher professionalism and local control.
- Educational Issues - http://www.ncpa.org/pi/edu/edu1.html
National Center for Policy Analysis whitepapers on education issues, particularly School Choice and teacher's union obstruction of Choice reforms.
- Floridians for School Choice - http://www.floridians.org/
Action-oriented and effective advocacy for giving every family in Florida the opportunity to choose their child's school using public education funds as a scholarship.
- Citizens For Educational Freedom - http://www.educational-freedom.org/
Helps parents take action to acquire freedom of education for their children. Provides newsletters, a three-step tutorial what to do, and background information.
- Education Policy Institute - http://www.educationpolicy.org/
Documented inside information on PTA and teacher unions. Education research and policy analysis from a public choice and pro-market perspective, plus expert revelations on teacher unions, collective bargaining in education, PTA issues, and education reform matters.
- National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools - http://www.ncacs.org/
National organization supporting parents, students and teachers enrolled in alternative education. Membership information, publications, resources, jobs, news, and contact information.
- School Vouchers Links - http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/project/voucher/index.html
Definitions of some common terms used regarding the issue as well as links to sites for and against school choice through vouchers.
- Universal Tuition Tax Credit - http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=362
Mackinac Center for Public Policy - "Proposal to Advance Parental Choice in Education". Also available as a 76 page download.
- Virtual Charters: Public Schooling at Home - http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0108/p14s1-lepr.html
K12, a Virtual charter school led by former education secretary, Bill Bennett, provides free curriculum, computers and connections for homeschoolers.
- Faith In Public Schools Fades - http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/100299/met_1b1Priva.html
African-American parents with children in Georgia public schools are more likely than white parents to think private companies should run those facilities.
- Unnatural Monopoly in Education - http://www.acton.org/ppolicy/education/index.html
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. Think-tank studies focus on economics of parents exercising their rights as primary educators of children.
- Dr. Quentin Quade's essays on school choice - http://www.marquette.edu/blum/pamph.html
Part of Blum Center at Marquette University's effort to collect, organize, synthesize and distribute information regarding school choice efforts across the country.
- Class Acts - http://www.reason.com/9804/fe.glassman.html
Arizona had 1/3 of the nation's charter schools. This study by business and economics writer James K. Glassman looks at competitive effects on all schools.
- The Right Thing; Why liberals should be pro-choice - http://www.brookings.edu/views/articles/ravitch/20011008.htm
A Brookings Institution fellow, in The New Republic, discusses emerging political constituencies for Choice versus the cognitive dissonance created by our current government monopoly.
- The Charter School Project - http://www.charterproject.org/
An organization networking with charter schools provides weekly updates of the state legislation relating to public charter schools.
- Cost of Education - http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-025.html
Cato Institute study: What Would a Voucher Buy. Documents the cost of public and private education.
- School Choice Wisconsin - http://www.schoolchoiceinfo.org/
Provides information on the impact of school choice on families, communities, and schools.
- School Choice Wars - http://business.utsa.edu/faculty/jmerrifi/
John Merrifield, economics professor at University of Texas, in articles and a new book, explains why K-12 schools governed by market forces would be much more attractive to teachers than the status quo.
- Michigan Union Accountability Act: - http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=3944
Mackinac Center for Public Policy takes aim at teacher unions as the main barrier to School Choice. See study, proposed legislation, and other policy research.
- Grandfather Education Report - http://mwhodges.home.att.net/education.htm
A comprehensive review, in picture/graphic form, of the status and trends of education quality and its cost.
- Fraser Institute - Competitive Market Solutions - http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/education/index.asp?snav=edu
See what Americans can learn from school choice success in Canada. The Case for School Choice: Models from the United States, New Zealand, Denmark, and Sweden.
- Who Got It Right? Retrospective on the Department of Education - http://www.edexcellence.net/issuespl/subject/federal/eddept.html
Thomas Fordham think tank juxtaposes federal bureaucratic promises with lack of results, concluding that in 20 years DOE has wasted billions satisfying teachers unions, and is detrimental to education.
- School Choice and Policy Advocacy - http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/research/rapl/issues/schoolchoice/sc_advocacy.html
The Boise Center for Religion and American Public Life publishd a list of advocacy groups.
- School Choice: Issues and Answers - http://www.cse.org/processor/printer.php?issue_id=669
Citizens for a Sound Economy research paper is easy to read and well referenced. It covers 8 forms of Choice.
- Freedom Of Education - http://www.FreedomOfEducation.org
News, information, essays, and links promoting educational liberty and separation of school and state.
- School Choice: Good for Teachers - http://www.mackinac.org/pubs/mer/article.asp?ID=3429
A teacher explores reasons why Choice will increase demand and salaries for good teachers.
- School Reform News - http://www.heartland.org/IssueSuiteTopic.cfm?issId=3&istId=206
Reprints of education articles reporting on school reform efforts nationwide from School Choice to Teacher Unions.
- School Reform News - http://www.heartland.org/Publications.cfm?pblId=6
The Heartland Institute's national monthly outreach publication for school reformers, with 1000s of articles on vouchers, test scores and graduation rates.
- The Union That Killed Education - http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/2/16/204756.shtml
Newsmax.com Book review "The Worm in the Apple: How the Teachers Unions Are Destroying American Education," a new book by Peter Brimelow
- Charter Schools Development Center (CSDC) - http://www.cacharterschools.org/
Provides technical assistance, training, and resources to charter school developers, operators, charter-granting agencies, and policy makers in California, nationally, and internationally.
- The Brookings Institution - http://www.brookings.edu/data/brookings_taxonomy.xml?taxonomy=Education*School%20choice
The center presents its research, books, and commentary.
- Jews and School Choice - http://www.jefi.org/9.2.03/html/btz/comm58.html
The article shows the problem from a jewish point of view.
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