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The term "school choice" means giving parents the power and opportunity to choose the school their child will attend. School choice means better and more abundant educational opportunities for all families, not just for those who can afford them. For all latest news, information and analysis, go to Issues: School Choice.
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See below for a list of organizations around the country working to expand and improve school choices in their community (or go to the searchable database).
National
- Alliance for School Choice
1660 L St., NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 280-1990
The Alliance for School Choice is the nation's vanguard organization for promoting, implementing and enhancing K-12 educational choice. In collaboration with a host of national and state allies, we create opportunities for systemic and sustainable educational reform that puts parents in charge.
- Black Alliance for Educational Options
1710 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Floor 12
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 429-2236
BAEO is a national organization whose mission is to actively support parental choice to empower families and increase quality educational options for Black children.
- Children's Scholarship Fund
8 West 38th St., 9th Floor
New York, NY 10018-6229
(212) 515-7100
The Children's Scholarship Fund provides partial tuition assistance for low-income families to send their children to private schools. More than 96,000 children have benefited from scholarships across the United States since CSF began offering assistance in 1998. Currently, more than 29,000 children nationwide are using CSF scholarships.
- Learning Is For Everyone, Inc.
Tampa, FL
Non-profit educational resource organization supporting family choice in education. This education consumer's union provides broad-based information resources via a comprehensive website, quarterly online newsletter, networking for parents, educators and education policy makers and an annual conference.
- Pathways to Success
10770 Columbia Pike, Suite 150
Silver Spring, MD 20901
(240) 450-0000
The Pathways to Success program assists students by awarding them scholarships to attend boarding and day schools.
Arizona
California
- BASIC Fund
268 Bush S., Suite 2717
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 986-5650
- Pacific Legal Foundation
3900 Lennane Drive, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95834
(916) 419 7111
PLF litigates in the courts, via its Program for Choice and Innovation in Education, to defend school vouchers, English-based programs for English learners, charter schools, and other education reform efforts.
- The Guardsmen Scholarship Fund
340 Brannan St., Suite 305
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 856-0939
- The Independent Scholarship Fund
The Independent Institute, 100 Swan Way
Oakland, CA 94621-1428
(510) 632-1366
Colorado
- Hispanic Education, Inc.
P.O. Box 2102
Longmont, CO 80502
(303) 682-7241
Connecticut
- CEO Foundation of Connecticut
201 Ann St., 2nd Floor
Hartford, CT 6103
(888) 694-8321
District of Columbia
- The Washington Scholarship Fund
1100 17th St., NW, Suite 330
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 222-0535
Florida
- Choice/Policy Education Office, Florida Department of Education
325 W. Gaines St., Suite 522
Tallahassee, FL 32399
(800) 447-1636
Committed to providing a quality education to all Florida students, the Opportunity Scholarships Program allows students attending failing schools to choose a higher performing public school or attend a private school. The McKay Scholarships Program, the largest of its kind in the nation, allows parents of students with disabilities to choose the best learning environment for their children.
- Florida School Choice Resource Center
1750 NE 167th St., Tech Building
North Miami Beach, FL 33162
(954) 262-8742
The Florida School Choice Resource Center was developed to help the Florida Department of Education reach the two main goals of Florida's Voluntary Public School Choice Program: To reinstate, sustain and expand the degree of high-quality public school choice programs throughout Florida; and To expand and disseminate successful implementation of public school choice programs throughout Florida.
Georgia
- My School, My Choice: Georgia
877-881-9800
Today, many families in Georgia have few choices regarding what school their children attend. The current supply of educational options is small but demand is rising. Charter schools are meeting that demand as proven, viable alternatives for parents who want more quality educational opportunities for their children.
Illinois
- Link Unlimited
2221 South State St.
Chicago, IL 60616-3894
(312) 225-5465
- Parents for School Choice
Chicago, IL
(888) 769-2464
- School Choice Illinois
70 W. Madison, Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 251-6006
School Choice Illinois works with parents, community activists, elected officials, business, civic and religious leaders and the general public by promoting school choice as a means to improve K-12 education throughout the State.
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
- Education Freedom Fund
P.O. Box 230078
Grand Rapids, MI 49523-0078
(800) 866-8141
The Education Freedom Fund's mission is to provide low-income Michigan families with a choice in the schools their children attend by giving tuition assistance through scholarships.
Missouri
- Children's Scholarship Fund Kansas City
8 West 38th St., 9th Floor
New York, NY 10018
(888) 239-9350
Mississippi
- Children's Scholarship Fund Metro Jackson
2906 N. State St., Suite 200
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 982-6135
North Carolina
Nebraska
New Jersey
- Excellent Education for Everyone
45 Academy St., Suite 501
Newark, NJ 7102
(973) 273-7217
Excellent Education for Everyone is dedicated to improving urban public schools with the competitive pressure of school choice.
- Jersey City Scholarship Fund
171 Clifton Ave., P.O. Box 9500
Newark, NJ 07104-0500
(973) 497-4279
- Student/Partner Alliance of New Jersey
P.O. Box 566
Millburn, NJ 7041
(973) 379-5878
New Mexico
New York
- Student/Sponsor Partnership
286 Madison Ave., Suite 1601
New York, NY 10017
(212) 986-9575
Ohio
- Children's Scholarship Fund of Greater Cincinnati
P.O. Box 361, 33 West Walnut
Oxford, OH 45056
(888) 332-2408
- Children's Scholarship Fund Toledo
1933 Spielbusch, P.O. Box 985
Toledo, OH 43697-0985
(419) 244-6711 x219
- Parents Advancing Choice in Education (PACE)
40 S. Perry St., Suite 120
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 228-7223
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- REACH Alliance
200 North Third St, Suite 1402, P.O. Box 1283
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1283
(717)-238-1878
Founded in 1991 to coordinate efforts to pass school choice legislation in Pennsylvania, REACH -- the Road to Educational Achievement Through Choice -- is a broad and diverse coalition that includes members of the business community, labor unions, ethnic and religious organizations, parents, and taxpayer groups.
- School Choice Scholarship Program
Erie, PA 16508
(814) 833-3200
Tennessee
- Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Trust
850 Ridge Lake Blvd., Suite 220
Memphis, TN 38120
(901) 842-5327
Texas
- CEO Foundation of San Antonio
8122 Datapoint Dr., Suite 316
San Antonio, TX 78229
(210) 614-0037
- Children's Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
STAR Sponsorship Program, Inc., 316 Bailey Ave., Suite 109
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 332-8550
Utah
- Parents for Choice in Education
445 East 4500 South, Suite 200
Salt Lake City, UT 84107
(801) 532-1448
Education Excellence Utah is dedicated to improving education in Utah through the introduction of meaningful parental choice in education.
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
- Institute for the Transformation of Learning
Marquette University, 750 North 18th St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
(414) 288-5775
Founded by Howard Fuller, former Superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, the Institute supports programs that expand parental school choice for those who have few options.
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