Open Directory - Reference: Education: Methods and Theories: Learning Theories: Charter Schools

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4Choice - School Choice without Vouchers - Presentation of a model legislation that lets parents choose the school.
Alliance for the Separation of School and State - Argues against the interference by government in education.
Black Alliance for Education Options - Supports empowering low income black families with school choice.
Center for Education Reform - 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.
Charter Schools Development Center (CSDC) - Provides technical assistance, training, and resources to charter school developers, operators, charter-granting agencies, and policy makers in California, nationally, and internationally.
Charter Schools Kiwi-style - A former member of New Zealand's Parliament describes the reforms in his country.
Citizens For Educational Freedom - Helps parents take action to acquire freedom of education for their children. Provides newsletters, a three-step tutorial what to do, and background information.
Cost of Education - Cato Institute study: What Would a Voucher Buy. Documents the cost of public and private education.
Educational Policy Institute - 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.
Excellent Education for Everyone - Collection of articles in favour of school choice by the coalition of New Jersey citizens.
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.
Freedom Of Education - News, information, essays, and links promoting educational liberty and separation of school and state.
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.
National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools - National organization supporting parents, students and teachers enrolled in alternative education. Membership information, publications, resources, jobs, news, and contact information.
Reason Magazine - No Vouchers for You - Review of a speech by a member of the black community.
Reason magazine - Schools of Thought - Article explaining some backgrounds on the topic and the organizations involved.
Resources for Teachers Needing Help - The American Society for Ethics in Education offers resources for teachers.
Rethinking Schools -- Special Section on Vouchers - 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.
Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Home School Students - A large study comparing home school students and their counterparts.
School Choice Programs: What's Happening in the States - This conservative research facility publishes details and statistics on each state's School Choice efforts, and maintains links to many other Choice sites.
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.
School Choice Research - Manhattan Institute Index - Comprehensive summary of education reform policy studies published by their Center for Civic Innovation.
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.
School Choice Wisconsin - Provides information on the impact of school choice on families, communities, and schools.
School Choice: Good for Teachers - A teacher explores reasons why Choice will increase demand and salaries for good teachers.
School Choices: A Citizen's Guide to Education Reform - A worldwide research comparing competitive schools to government run schools. Many essays, articles, book reviews, and complete book chapters included.
School Vouchers: The Wrong Choice for Public Education - 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.
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice - A foundation established by Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman. Advocates restructuring the education system to ensure educational service competition and free choice.
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.
Universal Tuition Tax Credit - Mackinac Center for Public Policy - "Proposal to Advance Parental Choice in Education". Also available as a 76 page download.
Virtual Charters: Public Schooling at Home - K12, a Virtual charter school led by former education secretary, Bill Bennett, provides free curriculum, computers and connections for homeschoolers.
WorldNetDaily: Vouching for Liberty by Alan Keyes - Article by the conservative commentator proposing public school choice in the United States without vouchers.
FOXNews - Are Parents Boycotting Public Schools? - The article describes the movement of taking kids out of public schools. (May 07, 2002)
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. (October 02, 1999)
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." (August 01, 1999)
Class Acts - 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)
Jews and School Choice - The article shows the problem from a jewish point of view. (January 26, 1998)

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