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Educational Policy Institute - http://www.educationalpolicy.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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The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice - http://www.friedmanfoundation.org/
A foundation established 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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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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Rethinking Schools -- Special Section on Vouchers - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/special_reports/voucher_report/index.shtml
Large collection of articles and opinion pieces expressing or supporting the view that voucher programs are an assault on public education, are less effective than claimed, and will undermine the separation of church and state. |
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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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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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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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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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Citizens For Educational Freedom - http://www.educational-freedom.org/
Helps parents take action to acquire freedom of education for their children. Provides newsletters, a three-step tutorial what to do, and background information. |
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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 Vouchers: The Wrong Choice for Public Education - http://www.adl.org/vouchers/vouchers_main.html
Anti-Defamation League says vouchers pose a threat to their values. These programs subvert the constitutional principle of separation of church and state and threaten to undermine the current system of public education. |
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Voucher Veneer: The Deeper Agenda to Privatize Public Education - http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=report_voucher_veneer
People For the American Way report concludes that a network of religious right groups, free-market economists, and others are using vouchers as a vehicle to achieve their ultimate goal of privatizing education. |
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Excellent Education for Everyone - http://www.nje3.org
Collection of articles in favour of school choice by the coalition of New Jersey citizens. |
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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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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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4Choice - School Choice without Vouchers - http://4brevard.com/choice/
Presentation of a model legislation that lets parents choose the school. |
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Freedom Of Education - http://www.freedomofeducation.net
News, information, essays, and links promoting educational liberty and separation of school and state. |
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Charter Schools Kiwi-style - http://4brevard.com/choice/new-zealand.htm
A former member of New Zealand's Parliament describes the reforms in his country. |
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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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The Right Thing; Why liberals should be pro-choice - http://www.brookings.edu/views/articles/ravitch/20011008.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. |
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FOXNews - Are Parents Boycotting Public Schools? - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,52076,00.html
The article describes the movement of taking kids out of public schools. |
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Jews and School Choice - http://www.jefi.org/9.2.03/html/btz/comm58.html
The article shows the problem from a jewish point of view. |
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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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Michigan Union Accountability Act: - http://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?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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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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Faith In Public Schools Fades - http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/100299/met_1b1Priva.html
African-American parents with children in Georgia public schools are more likely than white parents to think private companies should run those facilities. |
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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. |
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WorldNetDaily: Vouching for Liberty by Alan Keyes - http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21329
Article by the conservative commentator proposing public school choice in the United States without vouchers. |
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School Choice: Good for Teachers - http://www.educationreport.org/pubs/mer/article.aspx?ID=3429
A teacher explores reasons why Choice will increase demand and salaries for good teachers. |