Society, Issues, Education, School Choice
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- 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.
- This world renowned conservative research facility publishes details and statistics on each state's School Choice efforts, and maintains links to many other Choice sites.
- Mackinac Center for Public Policy - "Proposal to Advance Parental Choice in Education". Also available as a 76 page download.
- Actual June 2002 supreme court decision stating for the fourth time that school choice has no first amendment problem in religious schools. Acrobat format.
- Well-hyperlinked article thoroughly exploring aspects of choice. Reason's Education archives contain dozens more articles spanning several years.
- Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. Think-tank studies focus on economics of parents exercising their God-given rights as primary educators of children.
- Montgomery County, Ohio grassroots example of community scholarships and guidance, helping parents exercise choice.
- Collection of articles in favour of school choice by the coalition of New Jersey citizens.
- 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 professional
- Presentation of a model legislation that lets parents choose the school.
- The Heartland Institute's national monthly outreach publication for school reformers, with 1000s of articles on vouchers, test scores and graduation rates.
- 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.
- National Center for Policy Analysis whitepapers on education issues, particularly School Choice and teacher's union obstruction of Choice reforms.
- Provides resources on Charter school research topics: funding, grant writing, fundraising tips, school accreditation, teacher certification, special needs, grants, charter school resources, school choice, and education reform.
- Newsmax.com Book review "The Worm in the Apple: How the Teachers Unions Are Destroying American Education," a new book by Peter Brimelow
- Helps parents take action to acquire freedom of education for their children. Provides newsletters, a three-step tutorial what to do, and background information.
- The Boise Center for Religion and American Public Life publishd a list of advocacy groups.
- School Choice unleashes forces of competition, benefitting teachers. Well-written economics.
- National organization supporting parents, students and teachers enrolled in alternative education. Membership information, publications, resources, jobs, news, and contact information.
- A growing movement of leaders advising parents to take kids out of public schools is joined by Dr. James Dobson, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Marlon Maddoux.
- Series presents graphs, data, and analysis that show disturbing trends in performance, cost, grade inflation, testing standards, union power, bureaucracy.
- PDF pamphlet from the group Toward Tradition, which advocates school choice based on Torah and traditional Jewish principles.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provides information on the impact of school choice on families, communities, and schools.
- 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.
- 20,760 student achievement test scores and their family demographics make this the largest study of home education to date. In every subject and at every grade level of the test batteries, home school students scored significantly higher than their counte
- Psychological Treatment Programs Masquerading as Education revealed by a Certified School Psychologist who concludes that we must create alternative schools.
- Grass-roots organization of teachers who support school choice and the Opportunity Scholarship program.
- The American Society for Ethics in Education offers help to stop abuse and corruption where unions and school systems fail techers.
- "School choice is the most readily apparent solution to the problem of assimilation."
- Supports empowering low income black families with school choice.
- NEA supporters are out of touch with the increasingly pro-voucher black community, Rep Jackson got booed off the stage when he spoke against school choice in Milwaukee.
- A former member of New Zealand's Parliament describes the reforms in his country.
- Extensive library of studies, articles and monographs based on classical values of individual liberty, limited government, free markets.
- A teacher explores reasons why Choice will increase demand and salaries for good teachers.
- News, information, essays, and links promoting educational liberty and separation of school and state.
- Definitions of some common terms used regarding the issue as well as links to sites for and against school choice through vouchers.
- Comprehensive summary of education reform policy studies published by their Center for Civic Innovation.
- Policy brief focuses on teacher issues of quality and salary differentials affected by school choice.
- K12, a Virtual charter school led by former education secretary, Bill Bennett, provides free curriculum, computers and connections for homeschoolers.
- Alliance for Intellectual Freedom in Education supports Choice, with emphasis on homeschooling.
- Article by the conservative commentator proposing public school choice in the United States without vouchers.
- African-American parents with children in Georgia public schools are more likely than white parents to think private companies should run those facilities.
- The Manhattan Institute feature article by The Honorable Kurt L. Schmoke, Mayor of Baltimore "The City That Reads."
- A weblog about education policy.
- A foundation supported by Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman. Advocates restructuring the education system to ensure educational service competition and free choice.
- Argues against the interference by government in education.
- Latest worldwide research shows competitive schools serve families better than government run schools. Compares public school systems to free market alternatives based on vouchers, tax-credits, and privatization. Many essays, articles, book reviews, and
- An organization networking with charter schools provides weekly updates of the state legislation relating to public charter schools.
- 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 refor
- 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.
- Citizens for a Sound Economy research paper is easy to read and well referenced. It covers 8 forms of Choice.
- Resources for charter school developers and charter granting agencies.
- A Brookings Institution fellow, in The New Republic, discusses emerging political constituencies for Choice versus the cognitive dissonance created by our current government monopoly.
- Program on Education Policy and Governance presents research papers and executive summaries on the results of innovative US policies, including programs in Washington, DC, Dayton, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- The center presents its research, books, and commentary.
- Part of Blum Center at Marquette University's effort to collect, organize, synthesize and distribute information regarding school choice efforts across the country.
- Cato Institute study: What Would a Voucher Buy. Documents the cost of public and private education.
- Institute for Justice champions individual liberty, free market solutions, and limited government in their collection of school choice articles
- For five years Harvard researchers refused to release data for secondary analysis by other members of the scholarly community. Correcting for errors in the original, this still relevant re-analysis found that students enrolled in choice schools for three
- Model School Choice legislation follows common sense objectives. Child-centered funding follows students, empowering parents and teachers, without vouchers.
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