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A foundation supported by Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman. Advocates restructuring the education system to ensure educational service competition and free choice.
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Milton Rose D. Friedman Foundation America is a voucher of substantial size available to all students, and free of excessive regulations” 151 Milton Friedman Foundation’s New Report Analyzes How Parents Access Educational FreedomSome School Choice Programs Easier for Parents to Use Than Others INDIANAPOLIS Of...National Center for Policy Analysis whitepapers on education issues, particularly School Choice and teacher's union obstruction of Choice reforms.
http://www.ncpa.org/pi/edu/edu1.html
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.
http://edreform.com/
This conservative research facility publishes details and statistics on each state's School Choice efforts, and maintains links to many other Choice sites.
http://www.heritage.org/schools/
A worldwide research comparing competitive schools to government run schools. Many essays, articles, book reviews, and complete book chapters included.
http://www.schoolchoices.org
The Manhattan Institute feature article by The Honorable Kurt L. Schmoke, Mayor of Baltimore "The City That Reads."
http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cb_20.htm
Helps parents take action to acquire freedom of education for their children. Provides newsletters, a three-step tutorial what to do, and background information.
http://www.educational-freedom.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.
http://www.educationpolicy.org/
National organization supporting parents, students and teachers enrolled in alternative education. Membership information, publications, resources, jobs, news, and contact information.
http://www.ncacs.org/
Definitions of some common terms used regarding the issue as well as links to sites for and against school choice through vouchers.
http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/project/voucher/index.html
Mackinac Center for Public Policy - "Proposal to Advance Parental Choice in Education". Also available as a 76 page download.
http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=362
Review of a speach by a member of the black community.
http://reason.com/hod/sm061501.html
Supports empowering low income black families with school choice.
http://www.baeo.org
K12, a Virtual charter school led by former education secretary, Bill Bennett, provides free curriculum, computers and connections for homeschoolers.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0108/p14s1-lepr.html
African-American parents with children in Georgia public schools are more likely than white parents to think private companies should run those facilities.
http://jacksonville.com/tu-onlin...stories/100299/met_1b1Priva.html
Part of Blum Center at Marquette University's effort to collect, organize, synthesize and distribute information regarding school choice efforts across the country.
http://www.marquette.edu/blum/pamph.html
Collection of articles in favour of school choice by the coalition of New Jersey citizens.
http://www.nje3.org
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.
http://www.reason.com/9804/fe.glassman.html
The American Society for Ethics in Education offers resources for teachers.
http://www.edethics.org/resources_for_teachers.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.
http://www.brookings.edu/views/articles/ravitch/20011008.htm
An organization networking with charter schools provides weekly updates of the state legislation relating to public charter schools.
http://www.charterproject.org/
Presentation of a model legislation that lets parents choose the school.
http://4Brevard.com/choice/
Cato Institute study: What Would a Voucher Buy. Documents the cost of public and private education.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-025.html
Alliance for Intellectual Freedom in Education supports Choice, with emphasis on homeschooling.
http://www.mainstream.net/nhpolitics/thinker.html
Provides information on the impact of school choice on families, communities, and schools.
http://www.schoolchoiceinfo.org/
Article by the conservative commentator proposing public school choice in the United States without vouchers.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21329
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.
http://business.utsa.edu/faculty/jmerrifi/
Program on Education Policy and Governance presents research papers and executive summaries on the results of innovative US policies.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/pepg/
Provides resources on several charter school research topics.
http://www.ncsc.info
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.
http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=3944
Article explaining some backgrounds on the topic and the organizations involved.
http://reason.com/9701/fe.rick.shtml
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.
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/education/index.asp?snav=edu
The article describes the movement of taking kids out of public schools.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,52076,00.html
A large study comparing home school students and their counterparts.
http://www.hslda.org/docs/study/rudner1999/Rudner0.asp
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.
http://www.edexcellence.net/issuespl/subject/federal/eddept.html
Comprehensive summary of education reform policy studies published by their Center for Civic Innovation.
http://www.manhattaninstitute.org/html/cci.htm#educationreform
Extensive library of studies, articles and monographs based on classical values of individual liberty, limited government, free markets.
http://www.cato.org/current/school-choice/index.html
The Boise Center for Religion and American Public Life publishd a list of advocacy groups.
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/researc...es/schoolchoice/sc_advocacy.html
Citizens for a Sound Economy research paper is easy to read and well referenced. It covers 8 forms of Choice.
http://www.cse.org/processor/printer.php?issue_id=669
Montgomery County, Ohio grassroots example of community scholarships and guidance, helping parents exercise choice.
http://www.pacedayton.org/home.htm
News, information, essays, and links promoting educational liberty and separation of school and state.
http://www.FreedomOfEducation.org
A teacher explores reasons why Choice will increase demand and salaries for good teachers.
http://www.mackinac.org/pubs/mer/article.asp?ID=3429
Reprints of education articles reporting on school reform efforts nationwide from School Choice to Teacher Unions.
http://www.heartland.org/IssueSuiteTopic.cfm?issId=3&istId=206
The Heartland Institute's national monthly outreach publication for school reformers, with 1000s of articles on vouchers, test scores and graduation rates.
http://www.heartland.org/Publications.cfm?pblId=6
Newsmax.com Book review "The Worm in the Apple: How the Teachers Unions Are Destroying American Education," a new book by Peter Brimelow
http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/2/16/204756.shtml
The group Toward Tradition advocates school choice based on Torah and traditional Jewish principles.
http://www.towardtradition.org/P...blications/SchoolChoice_5-10.pdf
Argues against the interference by government in education.
http://honestedu.org/
Provides technical assistance, training, and resources to charter school developers, operators, charter-granting agencies, and policy makers in California, nationally, and internationally.
http://www.cacharterschools.org/
The center presents its research, books, and commentary.
http://www.brookings.edu/data/br...xonomy=Education*School%20choice
The article shows the problem from a jewish point of view.
http://www.jefi.org/9.2.03/html/btz/comm58.html