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Giving Kids the Credit
P.O. Box 37491
Phoenix, AZ 85069-7491
Phone: 602-944-2254
Fax: 602-595-9583
Email: info@gktc.org
Website: https://www.gktc.org/
Giving Kids The Credit: Cost free tax credit donations up to $1,075.00 have been available to every Arizona taxpayer since 1998. Giving Kids The Credit (GKTC) raises these donations to assist students and fund education throughout Arizona.
Pacific Legal Foundation
10360 Old Placerville Road, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95827
Phone: 916 362-2833
Website: http://www.pacificlegal.org/
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.
Prop 38 YES - School Vouchers 2000
400 Seaport Court, #102
Redwood City, CA 94063
Phone: (888) A-CHOICE
Website: http://www.38yes.com/
Mr. Joseph C'de Baca
Hispanic Education, Inc.
8677 Aspen Circle
Parker, CO 80134
Phone: 303-766-1942
Fax: 303-766-1942
Pierre Jimenez
Greater Educational Opportunities (GEO) Foundation
1410 Grant St., Suite B-304
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 720-904-3050
Fax: 720-904-6657
Website: www.geofoundation.org
GEO seeks to provide greater access to quality education for all kids.
J. C. Bowman
Choice/Policy Education Administrator
Florida Department of Education
325 W. Gaines Street, #1614
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
Phone: 850.201.7344
Fax: 850.201.7425
Email: diane.mccain@fldoe.org
Website: http://www.floridaschoolchoice.org/
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.
Dr. Patrick Heffernan
Floridians for School Choice
1000 Brickell Avenue, Suite 900
Miami, FL 33131
Phone: 305.702.5576
Fax: 305.379.7114
E-mail: info@floridians.org
Web: www.floridians.org
Kevin Teasley
Greater Educational Opportunities (GEO) Foundation
302 S. Meridian Street, Suite 201
Indianapolis, IN 46225
Phone: (317) 524-3770
Fax: (317) 524-3773
Email: info@geofoundation.org
Website: www.geofoundation.org
GEO seeks to provide greater access to quality education for all kids.
Maine School Choice Coalition
12 Belmont Street
Brunswick, ME 04011
Contact: Frank Heller
Phone: 207-729-1590
Fax: 207-729-1590
Email: global@biddeford.com
The Maine School Choice Coalition provides political and public education on the goal of having a child- and parent-centered system of publicly financed education, and the objective of establishing a child's right to a good education.
Judy Burnette
Coalition for Parent Choice in Education
Eliot Church, 56 Dale Street
Roxbury, MA 02119
Phone: 1-617-445-3900
Fax: 1-617-445-4406
Ms. Anita Nelam
Detroit Partnership for Parental Choice
218 Chalmer St.
Detroit, MI 48215
Phone: 313-824-6999
Fax: 1-313-731-0192
Email: AnitaNelam@aol.com
Elizabeth Mische
Partnership for Choice in Education
46 East Fourth Street, #224
St. Paul, MN 55101
Phone: 651-293-9196
Fax: 1-651-293-9285
Email: pcemail@pcemn.org
Website: http://www.pcemn.org/
PCE is a non-profit organization which provides public information and community education on the benefits of educational choice.
Alliance for
Parental Involvement in Education
PO Box 59
East Chatham, NY 12060-0059
Phone: 518-392-6900
The Alliance for Parental Involvement in Education (AllPIE) provides information about school choice and other reform-related issues, and assists and encourages parental involvement in education -- whether in public or private schools or at home.
Mr. Timothy Mulhearn
United New Yorkers For Choice in Education
P.O. Box 4096
Hempstead, NY 11551-4096
Phone: 516-292-1224
Fax: 516.292.9019
Email: unyce@earthlink.net
United New Yorkers for Choice in Education publishes a bi-monthly newsletter filled with information about school choice activity in the state. UNYCE tracks the activity of the State Legislature and the State Board of Regents, and helps active citizens contact their representative and make their positions known.
Reverand Floyd Flake
Allen AME Cathedral and School
110-31 Merrick Blvd.
Jamaica , NY 11433
Phone: 1-718-206-4600
Fax: 1-718-526-1311
Mr. Dave Crawmer
Citizens for Educational Freedom
Capitol District Chapter, 21 Indian Pipe Drive
Wynantskill, NY 12198
Mr. Marion Phillips
Parents for School Choice (NY)
16 Court Street, Suite 1205
Brooklyn, NY 11241
Phone: 718-596-0119
Fax: 1-718-596-5967
Mr. Vernon Robinson
North Carolina Education Reform Foundation
P.O. Box 272
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
Phone: 336-768-3567
Fax: 1-336-765-7655
Email: Vrobinson@aol.com
The School Choice Committee
Phone: 1-877-696-8722
Website: http://www.schoolchoicecommittee.com/
Email: info@schoolchoicecommittee.com
The School Choice Committee is dedicated to expanding educational opportunities for all Ohio children through parental choice. The all-volunteer Committee consists of business and community leaders, educators, ministers, elected officials and policy organizations.
New Century Project
2021 E. Dublin-Granville Rd., Suite 161
Columbus, OH 43229
Contact: John Kasich
Phone: 614-785-1600
Fax: 614-785-1611
Website: http://www.newcenturyproject.org/
Cascade Policy Institute
813 SW Alder Street, Suite 450
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: (503) 242 - 0900
Website: http://www.cascadepolicy.org/
Cascade Policy Institute has put up a message board for residents of Oregon interested in school choice issues, including homeschooling, government and private schools. It can be found at http://pub34.ezboard.com/boregonschoolchoiceboard.
Dennis Giorno
REACH Alliance
200 North Third Street Suite 1402, P.O. Box 1283
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1283
Phone: 1-717-238-1878
Fax: 1-717-234-2286
Newsletter: www.paschoolchoice.org.
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. REACH's newsletter, Pennsylvania's Grassroots Coalition for School Choice can be found at www.paschoolchoice.org.
Citizens for Choice in Education
411 Glover Street
Sturgis, SD 57785
Phone: 605-347-2495
Mr. Greg Talley
Putting Children First
P.O. Box 1767
Austin, TX 78767-9886
Phone: 512-476-6195
Fax: 1-512-476-3329
Email: gtalley@pcfirst.org
Mr. Luis Roberto Vera, Jr.
San Antonio Parents for School Choice
3006 Guadalupe
San Antonio, TX 78207
Phone: 210-433-1700
Choice in Learning
2961 South 500 East
South Salt Lake City, UT 84106
Ms. Ruth Lehenbauer
Utah Coalition for Freedom in Education
540 North 1420 East
Logan, UT 84321
Phone: 1-435-753-4866
Libby Sternberg
Vermonters for
Educational Choice
170 Church St.
Rutland, VT 05701
Email: lsternberg@aol.com
VEC adheres to three simple premises: that parents bear the primary responsibility for their children's education; that all children are different, and therefore no single educational program or approach is best for all; and that it is the community's responsibility to ensure that access to quality education is available to all households, regardless of income.
To that end, VEC promotes local control of schools, rather than state control, and a recent Vermont State Supreme Court decision -- one that declares unconstitutional funds distribution in the state's public education system -- suggests there may be more room for school choice in the Green Mountain State.
Dr. Howard Fuller
Institute for the Transformation of Learning
Marquette University
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
Phone: (414) 288-5774
Fax: (414) 288-6199
Email: fullerh@vms.csd.mu.edu
Website: www.schoolchoiceinfo.org
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.
Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO)
Phone: (414) 288-8203
Website: http://www.baeoonline.org
BAEO is a national organization whose mission is to actively support parental choice to empower families and increase educational options for Black children.
Parents For School Choice
2541 North 46th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53210-2921
Phone: 1-414-288-3054
Fax: 1-414-584-4648
Brother Bob Smith
Messmer High School
742 West Capitol Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53206-3327
Phone: 414-228-9030
Fax: 1-414-228-7516
Wisconsin Charter Schools Association
Senn Brown, WCSA Secretary
P.O. Box 628243
Middleton, WI 53562-8243
Tel: 608-238-7491
Email: sennb@chorus.net
Mr. Kevin Quitberg
Wyoming Deserves Educational Choice (WYDEC)
610 Saratoga
Green River, WY 82935
Phone: 307-875-9745
Fax: 307-875-9745
Institute for Justice
1717 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel (202) 955-1300
Fax (202) 955-1329
Website: http://www.ij.org/cases/school/
Black Alliance for Educational Options
501 C Street, NE, Suite 3
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202-544-9870
Fax: 202-544-7680
Website: http://www.baeo.org
Website: http://www.schoolchoiceinfo.org/
BAEO is a national organization whose mission is to actively support parental choice to empower families and increase educational options for Black children.
Excellent Education for Everyone
810 Broad St., 10th Fl.
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-286-7791
Website: www.nje3.org
Excellent Education for Everyone is dedicated to improving urban public schools with the competitive pressure of school choice.
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