Friedman Foundation for Education Choice, “School choice allows public education funds to follow students to the schools or services that best fit their needs—whether that’s to a public school, private school, charter school, home school or any other learning environment parents choose for their kids.” http://www.edchoice.org/school-choice/what-is-school-choice/
Advocates for Academic Freedom, Their mission is “to advocate for the academic freedom of all students and teachers.” http://advocatesforacademicfreedom.org
Alliance for the Separation of School & State, of the 55 million elementary and secondary school children in the U.S., 2 million were home schooled (figures are from 2004 – U.S. Dept. of Ed., National Center for Education Statistics. Growth rate was 7% annually). http://www.schoolandstate.org/home.htm
Great Books Academy, “The Great Books Academy (GBA) is a homeschool and charter school organization dedicated to liberal education based on the classic great books of Western Civilization. Liberal education, based on the Liberal Arts, takes its name from the Latin word liber, meaning free. This dedication to liberal education is borne of the understanding that it is liberal education, traditionally understood, that leads men to freedom and happiness. Hand in hand with this understanding of liberal education is the acknowledgement that freedom and happiness do not mean license and pleasure. Rather, freedom and happiness are found in the life of virtue.” http://greatbooksacademy.org/homeschool-program/
National Home Education Research Institute http://www.nheri.org. Homeschooling – home education or home-based education – has grown from nearly extinct in the United States in the 1970s to just over 2 million school-age students. NHERI focuses on homeschooling research. NHERI can help you if you are a:
- Journalist or Media doing a story on homeschooling: contact mail @ nheri.org 503-364-1490; research facts.
- Scholar or Researcher. We do basic research and publish it.
- Graduate Student. We can talk with you. We serve as a clearinghouse of research, facts, statistics, and news.
- Parent or Researcher. We keep you in touch with new research findings.
- Community Member or Parent. See resources on homeschooling below at "About Homeschooling."
- Scholar ready to publish. We offer a peer-reviewed research journal.