Canadian Links
Association of Independent Schools and Colleges in Alberta - http://www.aisca.ab.ca/
This association creates a positive social, fiscal and political environment in which independent schools are free to maintain their identity as they serve the public interest.
Canadian Charter Schools - http://www.charterschools.ca
The Canadian Charter School Centre is an independent, national, non-profit, charitable organization. The Centre conducts research and professional development to assist Canadian charter public schools achieve their goals in offering outstanding, innovative, and fully accountable learning environments for all students.
CD Howe Institute - http://www.cdhowe.org/
Canada’s leading nonpartisan public policy think tank
Children First: School Choice Trust - http://www.childrenfirstgrants.ca
Children First: School Choice Trust is Canada's first privately funded program to help families improve their educational choices. Children First offers tuition assistance grants, so that parents who could not otherwise afford it can choose an independent elementary school for their children.
Fraser Institute - Competitive Market Solutions - http://www.fraserinstitute.org
Learn about school choice success in Canada. The Case for School Choice: Models from the United States, New Zealand, Denmark, and Sweden.
- Ontario's Private Schools: Who Chooses Them and Why?
Private school attendance in Ontario has grown over recent decades from 1.9 percent of the student population in 1960 to 5.6 percent in 2006. What are the characteristics of private schools? Why are parents increasingly choosing them over public schools? What kinds of parents are choosing them for their children? This study is the most recent and comprehensive attempt by researchers to document the characteristics of private schools and the characteristics and motivations of Ontario parents of private school students.
Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools - http://mfis.mb.ca
To support and encourage high educational standards and the values unique to our various school communities and to represent the interest and concerns of independent schools in Manitoba
Society for Quality Education - http://www.societyforqualityeducation.org/
The Society for Quality Education is a charitable non-profit organization whose mission is to provide the facts arising from research about quality education to policy makers, legislators, educators and the public.
Parents for Educational Choice - http://www.parentseduchoice.org
Parents For Educational Choice is a growing group of parents and supporters affiliated with many different schools across the province who believe in government supported school choice.
Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education - http://www.saee.ca/
The Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education provides non-partisan education research and information to policy-makers, education partners and the public. Our purpose is to encourage higher performance throughout Canada’s public education system.
Work Research Foundation - http://www.wrf.ca/
The Work Research Foundation’s mission is to influence people to a Christian view of work and public life. We seek to explore and unfold the dignity of work, the meaning of economics, and the structures of civil society, in the context of underlying patterns created by God.
International Links
Center for Education Reform - http://edreform.com/
The Center for Education Reform, the nation's leading authority on school reform, is dedicated to making schools
better for America's children by improving educational access and excellence for all. CER works with parents, teachers and policymakers to advance meaningful education improvement initiatives, including: school choice, charter schools, high standards and high-stakes assessment, rigorous curriculum, and other reforms that achieve quality and accountability in schooling.
Educational Issues - http://www.ncpa.org/iss/edu/
National Center for Policy Analysis whitepapers on education issues, particularly School Choice and teacher's union obstruction of Choice reforms
The Manhattan Institute - http://www.manhattan-institute.org/
The Manhattan Institute is a think tank whose mission is to develop and disseminate new ideas that foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility.
School Choice Research - Harvard University Index - http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/pepg/
Program on Education Policy and Governance presents research papers and executive summaries on the results of innovative US policies, including programs in Washington, DC, Dayton, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin
School Choice Research - The Cato Institute: Index - http://www.cato.org/
Classical liberals seek solutions in the field of education that will clear the path for entrepreneurial activity and empower parents. We envision a day when state-run schools give way to a dynamic independent system of schools competing to meet the needs of every single American child. You’ll find the wide array of work Cato scholars have done on education issues.
School Reform News - http://www.heartland.org/
The Heartland Institute's national monthly outreach publication for school reformers, with 1000s of articles on vouchers, test scores and graduation rates.