Open Directory - Society: Issues: Education: School Choice
See also: - Presentation of a model legislation that lets parents choose the school. - Argues against the interference by government in education. - Supports empowering low income black families with school 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. - Provides technical assistance, training, and resources to charter school developers, operators, charter-granting agencies, and policy makers in California, nationally, and internationally. - A former member of New Zealand's Parliament describes the reforms in his country. - Helps parents take action to acquire freedom of education for their children. Provides newsletters, a three-step tutorial what to do, and background information. - Cato Institute study: What Would a Voucher Buy. Documents the cost of public and private education. - 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. - Collection of articles in favour of school choice by the coalition of New Jersey citizens. - 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. - News, information, essays, and links promoting educational liberty and separation of school and state. - 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. - National organization supporting parents, students and teachers enrolled in alternative education. Membership information, publications, resources, jobs, news, and contact information. - Review of a speech by a member of the black community. - Article explaining some backgrounds on the topic and the organizations involved. - The American Society for Ethics in Education offers resources for teachers. - 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. - A large study comparing home school students and their counterparts. - This conservative research facility publishes details and statistics on each state's School Choice efforts, and maintains links to many other Choice sites. - Program on Education Policy and Governance presents research papers and executive summaries on the results of innovative US policies. - 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. - Provides information on the impact of school choice on families, communities, and schools. - A teacher explores reasons why Choice will increase demand and salaries for good teachers. - A worldwide research comparing competitive schools to government run schools. Many essays, articles, book reviews, and complete book chapters included. - 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. - A foundation established by Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman. Advocates restructuring the education system to ensure educational service competition and free 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. - Mackinac Center for Public Policy - "Proposal to Advance Parental Choice in Education". Also available as a 76 page download. - K12, a Virtual charter school led by former education secretary, Bill Bennett, provides free curriculum, computers and connections for homeschoolers. - Article by the conservative commentator proposing public school choice in the United States without vouchers. - The article describes the movement of taking kids out of public schools. (May 07, 2002) - African-American parents with children in Georgia public schools are more likely than white parents to think private companies should run those facilities. (October 02, 1999) - The Manhattan Institute feature article by The Honorable Kurt L. Schmoke, Mayor of Baltimore "The City That Reads." (August 01, 1999) - 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. (April 01, 1998) - The article shows the problem from a jewish point of view. (January 26, 1998)
