Choice Accomplished Kiwi-style
A Cabinet Minister and a Member of New Zealand's Parliament testifies to the overwhelming success of School Choice started in the 1970's and completely implemented. Elimination of bureaucracy doubled classroom spending.
www.cascadepolicy.org/charters/mctigue.htm (Site Info) |
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Citizens For Educational Freedom
Promotes the primary rights of parents with regard to freedom of choice, justice and quality in education for all regardless of wealth, color or creed by allocating a fair share of educational tax dollars for each child to take to the school of the parents' choice while protecting parents and schools from undue government regulation and control.
www.educational-freedom.org/ (Site Info) |
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Cost of Education
Cato Institute study: What Would a Voucher Buy. Documents the cost of public and private education.
www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-025.html (Site Info) |
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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.
www.marquette.edu/blum/pamph.html (Site Info) |
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Educational Issues
National Center for Policy Analysis whitepapers on education issues, particularly School Choice and teacher's union obstruction of Choice reforms.
www.ncpa.org/iss/edu/ (Site Info) |
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Excellent Education for Everyone
Organizing grassroots movement throughout NJ where spending is $10,975 but half the students in inner-city public schools don't graduate.
www.nje3.org/ (Site Info) |
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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.
jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/100299/met_1b1Priva.html (Site Info) |
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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.
www.floridians.org/ (Site Info) |
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Freedom Of Education
News, information, essays, and links promoting educational liberty and separation of school and state.
www.freedomofeducation.org/ (Site Info) |
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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.
www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=3944 (Site Info) |
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Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation
A foundation supported by Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman. Advocates restructuring the education system to ensure educational service competition and free choice.
www.friedmanfoundation.org/ (Site Info) |
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PACE Parents Advancing Choice in Education
Montgomery County, Ohio grassroots example of community scholarships and guidance, helping parents exercise choice.
www.pacedayton.org/home.htm (Site Info) |
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Resources for Teachers Needing Help
The American Society for Ethics in Education offers help to stop abuse and corruption where unions and school systems fail techers.
www.edethics.org/resources_for_teachers.htm (Site Info) |
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Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Home School Students
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 counterparts. Conducted by Dr. Lawrence M. Rudner, Director of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation.
www.hslda.org/docs/study/rudner1999/Rudner0.asp (Site Info) |
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School Choice Information Center
Institute for Justice champions individual liberty, free market solutions, and limited government in their collection of school choice articles.
www.ij.org/cases/school/facts/ (Site Info) |
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School Choice Programs: What's Happening in the States
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.
www.heritage.org/schools/ (Site Info) |
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School Choice Research - Harvard University Index
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.
www.ksg.harvard.edu/pepg/ (Site Info) |
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School Choice Research - Manhattan Institute Index
Comprehensive summary of education reform policy studies published by their Center for Civic Innovation.
www.manhattaninstitute.org/html/cci.htm#educationreform (Site Info) |
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School Choice Research - The Cato Institute: Index
Extensive library of studies, articles and monographs based on classical values of individual liberty, limited government, free markets.
www.cato.org/current/school-choice/index.html (Site Info) |
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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.
faculty.business.utsa.edu/jmerrifi/ (Site Info) |
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School Choice Wisconsin
Provides information on the impact of school choice on families, communities, and schools.
www.schoolchoiceinfo.org/ (Site Info) |
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School Choice: Good for Teachers
A teacher explores reasons why Choice will increase demand and salaries for good teachers.
www.mackinac.org/pubs/mer/article.asp?ID=3429 (Site Info) |
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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.
www.cse.org/processor/printer.php?issue_id=669 (Site Info) |
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School Choices: A Citizen's Guide to Education Reform
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 complete book chapters included.
www.schoolchoices.org/ (Site Info) |
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School Reform News
- Reprints of education articles reporting on school reform efforts nationwide from School Choice to Teacher Unions.
www.heartland.org/IssueSuiteTopic.cfm?issId=3&istId=206 (Site Info) |
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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.
www.heartland.org/Publications.cfm?pblId=6 (Site Info) |
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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.
www.ohiou.edu/esl/project/voucher/index.html (Site Info) |
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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.
www.brookings.edu/views/articles/ravitch/20011008.htm (Site Info) |
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Why School Vouchers Can Help Inner-City Children
The Manhattan Institute feature article by The Honorable Kurt L. Schmoke, Mayor of Baltimore "The City That Reads."
www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cb_20.htm (Site Info) |
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WorldNetDaily: Vouching for Liberty by Alan Keyes
Article by the conservative commentator proposing public school choice in the United States without vouchers.
www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21329 (Site Info) |
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