School Choice

A foundation established by Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman. Advocates restructuring the education system to ensure educational service competition and free choice.

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.

A worldwide research comparing competitive schools to government run schools. Many essays, articles, book reviews, and complete book chapters included.

The Manhattan Institute feature article by The Honorable Kurt L. Schmoke, Mayor of Baltimore "The City That Reads."

National Center for Policy Analysis whitepapers on education issues, particularly School Choice and teacher's union obstruction of Choice reforms.

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.

Helps parents take action to acquire freedom of education for their children. Provides newsletters, a three-step tutorial what to do, and background information.

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.

National organization supporting parents, students and teachers enrolled in alternative education. Membership information, publications, resources, jobs, news, and contact information.

Definitions of some common terms used regarding the issue as well as links to sites for and against school choice through vouchers.

Mackinac Center for Public Policy - "Proposal to Advance Parental Choice in Education". Also available as a 76 page download.

Review of a speech by a member of the black community.

Supports empowering low income black families with school choice.

K12, a Virtual charter school led by former education secretary, Bill Bennett, provides free curriculum, computers and connections for homeschoolers.

African-American parents with children in Georgia public schools are more likely than white parents to think private companies should run those facilities.

Part of Blum Center at Marquette University's effort to collect, organize, synthesize and distribute information regarding school choice efforts across the country.

Collection of articles in favour of school choice by the coalition of New Jersey citizens.

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.

A Brookings Institution fellow, in The New Republic, discusses emerging political constituencies for Choice versus the cognitive dissonance created by our current government monopoly.

Presentation of a model legislation that lets parents choose the school.

Cato Institute study: What Would a Voucher Buy. Documents the cost of public and private education.

Provides information on the impact of school choice on families, communities, and schools.

Article by the conservative commentator proposing public school choice in the United States without vouchers.

Program on Education Policy and Governance presents research papers and executive summaries on the results of innovative US policies.

Provides resources on several charter school research topics.

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.

Article explaining some backgrounds on the topic and the organizations involved.

The article describes the movement of taking kids out of public schools.

A large study comparing home school students and their counterparts.

Comprehensive summary of education reform policy studies published by their Center for Civic Innovation.

Extensive library of studies, articles and monographs based on classical values of individual liberty, limited government, free markets.

Citizens for a Sound Economy research paper is easy to read and well referenced. It covers 8 forms of Choice.

A teacher explores reasons why Choice will increase demand and salaries for good teachers.

Newsmax.com Book review "The Worm in the Apple: How the Teachers Unions Are Destroying American Education," a new book by Peter Brimelow

Argues against the interference by government in education.

Provides technical assistance, training, and resources to charter school developers, operators, charter-granting agencies, and policy makers in California, nationally, and internationally.

The article shows the problem from a jewish point of view.

News, information, essays, and links promoting educational liberty and separation of school and state.

Actual June 2002 supreme court decision stating for the fourth time that school choice has no first amendment problem in religious schools.

A former member of New Zealand's Parliament describes the reforms in his country.

The American Society for Ethics in Education offers resources for teachers.

This conservative research facility publishes details and statistics on each state's School Choice efforts, and maintains links to many other Choice sites.

A comprehensive review, in picture/graphic form, of the status and trends of education quality and its cost.

People for the American Way critique of the state's voucher and tuition tax credit programs.

Analyses, from several sources, of the U.S. debate over school vouchers (scroll down to the vouchers section of the page).

Articles and essays arguing that vouchers and tuition tax credits divert resources and money from public schools, disproportionately benefit wealthier households, and have not been demonstrated to improve students' performance.

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.

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.

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.

Particular focus on opposition to Milwaukee's program

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School Choice 2004 - Massachusetts ... Choices in Education. Education Notebook. No Child Left Behind. ISSUES > Education > School Choice ...[2008/11/22]

... criticism of school choice, international overview, ... The goal of school choice programs is to give parents more control over their child's education. ...[2008/11/23]

... up that are allowing parents to choose the right school for their child from a slew of options. But ... School Choice as Education Reform: What Do We Know? ...[2008/11/28]

New Jersey Department of Education ... School Choice Transportation Regulations. Drawing by a first-grade choice student at Folsom Elementary School. ...[2008/10/30]

... school choice is a reform movement focused on affording parents the right to choose which school their ... Education Reform, "Groundbreaking ...[2008/11/28]

The Center for Education Reform, the nation's leading authority on school choice, is dedicated to making schools better for America's children by improving ...[2005/12/18]

... About Parental School Choice" ... Random Assignment School Choice Studies ... given Milwaukee parents the widest range of K-12 education choices in Wisconsin. ...[2008/11/27]

Tired of media reports of fundraising and poll results instead of ... Sub-sections under Education: School Choice. Voting Record. Other issues under Education ...[2008/11/21]

Education and Child Policy > School Choice. Books and Book Chapters ... "Measuring Market Education: Suggestions for Ranking School Choice Reforms," by ...[2008/11/22]