| Want to read more?
— Links to school choice information |
| Below is a
list of organisations with online school choice resources. |
| Adam Smith Institute (www.adamsmith.org) |
"All of the major — and many of
the minor — operational and spending decisions are made by ... bureaucrats who are
distant from life in the classroom and the real needs of children and parents." |
| CATO Institute (www.cato.org) |
"Without choice, a public agency
holding a public school accountable will quickly resemble one blind man leading
another." |
| Center for Education
Reform (www.edreform.com) |
The Center for Education Reform is an
independent organisation that helps support those working to bring fundamental reforms to
their schools. |
National Center for the
Study of Privatisation in Education
(www.ncspe.org/) |
The goal of the centre is to provide an
independent, non-partisan source of analysis and information on privatisation in
education. |
| E.G. West Centre for
Market Solutions in Education (www.ncl.ac.uk/egwest) |
A United Kingdom university research
centre dedicated to understanding and developing the role of market solutions in
education. |
| Reform Great Britain (www.reformbritain.com) |
The people behind this public policy
website believe that enhanced parental choice, greater freedom for schools and more robust
testing are essential to drive up standards across the board. |
Program on Education
Policy and Governance
(www.ksg.harvard.edu/pepg/) |
A programme at the Harvard University
School of Government. |
| Schoolchoiceinfo.org (www.schoolchoiceinfo.org/) |
As the website says, “parental school
choice is widespread unless you’re poor”. |
School Reformers
(www.schoolreformers.com) |
Opposition to, evidence for, and proposals
on school vouchers. |
| The Milton and Rose D.
Friedman Foundation (www.friedmanfoundation.org) |
A foundation working to improve the
quality of education available to children of all income and social classes, be that in
government or private schools or at home. |
| Thomas B. Fordham
Foundation (www.edexcellence.net) |
The Fordham Foundation supports research,
publications and action projects in primary and secondary education reform programmes. |
| The Fraser Institute (www.fraserinstitute.ca) |
The Fraser Institute in Canada helps run
the Children First programme which believes that all parents should have the right to
decide which school is best for their children. Several Fraser Institute school choice
research studies can be downloaded from www.childrenfirstgrants.ca/school_choice.html.
The Children First website is at www.childrenfirstgrants.ca.
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