Center for Education Reform - 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.
Charter Schools Development Center (CSDC) - Provides technical assistance, training, and resources to charter school developers, operators, charter-granting agencies, and policy makers in California, nationally, and internationally.
Charter Schools Kiwi-style - A former member of New Zealand's Parliament describes the reforms in his country.
Citizens For Educational Freedom - Helps parents take action to acquire freedom of education for their children. Provides newsletters, a three-step tutorial what to do, and background information.
Cost of Education - Cato Institute study: What Would a Voucher Buy. Documents the cost of public and private education.
Dr. Quentin Quade's essays on school choice - Part of Blum Center at Marquette University's effort to collect, organize, synthesize and distribute information regarding school choice efforts across the country.
Education Policy Institute - 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.
Educational Issues - National Center for Policy Analysis whitepapers on education issues, particularly School Choice and teacher's union obstruction of Choice reforms.
Floridians for School Choice - 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.
Freedom Of Education - News, information, essays, and links promoting educational liberty and separation of school and state.
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice - A foundation established by Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman. Advocates restructuring the education system to ensure educational service competition and free choice.
Grandfather Education Report - A comprehensive review, in picture/graphic form, of the status and trends of education quality and its cost.
Michigan Union Accountability Act: - 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.
National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools - National organization supporting parents, students and teachers enrolled in alternative education. Membership information, publications, resources, jobs, news, and contact information.
The Right Thing; Why liberals should be pro-choice - A Brookings Institution fellow, in The New Republic, discusses emerging political constituencies for Choice versus the cognitive dissonance created by our current government monopoly.
School Choice Wars - 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.
School Choice Wisconsin - Provides information on the impact of school choice on families, communities, and schools.
School Reform News - Reprints of education articles reporting on school reform efforts nationwide from School Choice to Teacher Unions.
School Reform News - The Heartland Institute's national monthly outreach publication for school reformers, with 1000s of articles on vouchers, test scores and graduation rates.
School Vouchers Links - Definitions of some common terms used regarding the issue as well as links to sites for and against school choice through vouchers.
The Union That Killed Education - Newsmax.com Book review "The Worm in the Apple: How the Teachers Unions Are Destroying American Education," a new book by Peter Brimelow
Universal Tuition Tax Credit - 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 - K12, a Virtual charter school led by former education secretary, Bill Bennett, provides free curriculum, computers and connections for homeschoolers.
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris - Actual June 2002 supreme court decision stating for the fourth time that school choice has no first amendment problem in religious schools. [PDF]
School Choice: Issues and Answers - Citizens for a Sound Economy research paper is easy to read and well referenced. It covers 8 forms of Choice.
Faith In Public Schools Fades - African-American parents with children in Georgia public schools are more likely than white parents to think private companies should run those facilities.
Class Acts - 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.
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