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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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The National Charter School Clearinghouse - http://www.ncsc.info
Provides resources on several charter school research topics. |
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School Choice Wisconsin - http://www.schoolchoiceinfo.org/
Provides information on the impact of school choice on families, communities, and schools. |
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School Choice Research - Manhattan Institute Index - http://www.manhattaninstitute.org/html/cci.htm#educationreform
Comprehensive summary of education reform policy studies published by their Center for Civic Innovation. |
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Grandfather Education Report - http://home.att.net/~mwhodges/education.htm
A comprehensive review, in picture/graphic form, of the status and trends of education quality and its cost. |
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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. |
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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. |
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School Choices: A Citizen's Guide to Education Reform - http://www.schoolchoices.org
A worldwide research comparing competitive schools to government run schools. Many essays, articles, book reviews, and complete book chapters included. |
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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. |
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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. |
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School Choice Research - The Cato Institute: Index - http://www.cato.org/current/school-choice/index.html
Extensive library of studies, articles and monographs based on classical values of individual liberty, limited government, free markets. |
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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. |
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Alliance for the Separation of School and State - http://honestedu.org/
Argues against the interference by government in education. |
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Why School Vouchers Can Help Inner-City Children - http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cb_20.htm
The Manhattan Institute feature article by The Honorable Kurt L. Schmoke, Mayor of Baltimore "The City That Reads." |
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Resources for Teachers Needing Help - http://www.edethics.org/resources_for_teachers.htm
The American Society for Ethics in Education offers resources for teachers. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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Zelman v. Simmons-Harris - http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/00-1751.pdf
Actual June 2002 supreme court decision stating for the fourth time that school choice has no first amendment problem in religious schools. |
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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. |
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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. |