Below you’ll find policy organizations, advocacy groups and think tanks providing education research and statistics.

+ Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE)
Places recent college graduates in Catholic school teaching jobs, giving priority to under-resourced schools that educate needy, frequently minority, students and families. Teachers earn a masters degree while teaching during the 2-year program.

+ Alliance for School Choice
Works to build support for and implement publicly funded school choice programs that provide low-income families with educational opportunity.

+ American Center for School Choice
The American Center for School Choice’s mission is to expand public support for families to choose the schools they believe will best serve their children. ACSC addresses itself to all citizens who are concerned about freedom, justice, and the common good, and seeks to contribute to their understanding that parental choice in education is an exercise of freedom, a matter of justice, and a contribution to the common good.

+ American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
A private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare.

+ The Brown Center on Education Policy
Conducts research on topics in American education, focusing on efforts to improve academic achievement in elementary and secondary schools.

+ Cato Institute
A non-profit public policy research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C.

+ The Center for Education Reform
Drives the creation of better educational opportunities for all children by leading parents, policy-makers and the media in boldly advocating for school choice, advancing the charter school movement, and challenging the education establishment.

+ Center on Education Policy
A national, independent advocate for public education and for more effective public schools.

+ Citizens for Educational Freedom
A grassroots non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote the primary rights of parents to freedom of choice, justice and quality in education for all.

+ Citizen's Guide to Education Reform
This site promotes market-based approaches to educational systems.

+ Council for American Private Education (CAPE)
CAPE's mission is to preserve and promote educational pluralism so that parents have a choice in the schooling of their children.

+ Democrats for Education Reform
A political action committee whose mission is to encourage a more productive dialogue within the Democratic Party on the need to fundamentally reform American public education.

+ EducationNews.org
This site features education news and information.

+ Education Statistics at a Glance
A report of education statistics created by the US Dept. of Education.

+ Excellent Education for Everyone (E3)
E3's mission is to encourage an ongoing dialogue among parents, educators, community leaders, business people, clergy and government officials on the best ways to assure an Excellent Education for Everyone.

+ The Evergreen Freedom Foundation
Provides public policy research in the following foundational areas: state budget and tax policies; welfare, health care and education reform; and citizenship and governance issues.

+ The Foundation for Educational Choice 
Strives to educate parents, public policymakers and organizations about the desperate need to return power to the parents of America who have minimal choices and limited voices in the education of their children.

+ The Fraser Institute
Measures and studies the impact of competitive markets and government interventions on individuals and society.

+ Goldwater Institute
Works on behalf of Arizonans to keep watch on government and to expand school choice, restore economic liberty, protect private property, and affirm Arizona's independence against unconstitutional federal encroachments.

+ Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation
Through aggressive community outreach and the introduction of options that empower families, GEO strives to make educational choice a reality for all families.

+ Heartland Institute
Heartland's mission is to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems.

+ The Heritage Foundation
A research and educational institute – a think tank – whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

+ Hoover Institution at Stanford University
By collecting knowledge, generating ideas, and disseminating both, the Institution seeks to secure and safeguard peace, improve the human condition, and limit government intrusion into the lives of individuals.

+ Independence Institute
A non-partisan, non-profit public policy research organization dedicated to providing timely information to concerned citizens, government officials, and public opinion leaders.

+ Institute for Educational Initiatives
The Institute for Educational Initiatives at Notre Dame University is dedicated to improving the education of all youth, particularly the disadvantaged, with a special call to sustain and strengthen Catholic schools.

+ Institute for Justice
Through a unique and strategic combination of litigation, legal counsel, training, research, communications and outreach, the Institute for Justice advances a rule of law under which individuals can control their destinies as free and responsible members of society.

+ Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University
Supports exemplary education options that provide parents, especially those who have a low-income, with school choice.

+ The James Madison Institute
The Institute's mission is to keep the citizens of Florida informed about their government and to shape our state's future through the advancement of practical free-market ideas on public policy issues.

+ Mackinac Center for Public Policy
A nonpartisan research and educational institute devoted to improving the quality of life for all Michigan citizens by promoting sound solutions to state and local policy questions.

+ Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Supports and publicizes research on our era's most challenging public policy issues: taxes, health care, energy, the legal system, policing, crime, homeland security, urban life, education, race, culture, and many others.

+ National Catholic Education Association
A professional membership organization that provides leadership, direction and service to fulfill the evangelizing, catechizing and teaching mission of the Church.

+ National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Columbia University
Provides independent, non-partisan information on and analysis of privatization in education.

+ Pacific Research Institute (PRI)
The mission of PRI is to champion freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing free-market policy solutions.

+ Pioneer Institute
A public policy institute which believes that individual freedom and responsibility, limited and accountable government, and the expanded application of free-market principles to public policy contribute to greater human dignity, happiness, and economic prosperity.

+ REACH Foundation
The REACH (Road to Educational Achievement Through Choice) Foundation and its sister organization, the REACH Alliance, are Pennsylvania's grassroots coalitions dedicated to ensuring parental choice in education.

+ School Choice Wisconsin
A nonprofit organization that seeks to ensure an honest debate about school choice by providing accurate information on the impact of school choice on families, communities, and schools.

+ Seton Education Partners
Seeks to revive opportunities for disadvantaged children in America to receive a Catholic education that builds knowledge, character, and faith.

+ South Carolina Policy Council
A public policy research and education foundation. Its mission is to educate members and all South Carolinians about state and local public policy based on the traditional South Carolina values of individual liberty and responsibility, free enterprise and limited government.

+ The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
Publishes several original reports a year on the most pressing education policy topics.

+ U.S. Department of Education
The mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.

+ Virginia Institute for Public Policy
An independent, nonpartisan, education and research organization committed to the goals of individual opportunity and economic growth.