Thursday, January 13, 2005

Important Think Tanks

Think tanks are vital sources for keeping abreast of the education policy scene. Most of them cover a broad range of domestic and international issues as well. Below is a selected list in alphabetical order. All are worth more than a look.

Academy for Educational Development: aed.org
Alexis de Tocqueville Institution: adti.net
American Enterprise Institute: aei.org
Aspen Institute: aspeninstitute.org
Brookings Institution: brookings.edu
Cato Institute: cato.org
Center for Education Reform: edreform.com
Discovery Institute: discovery.org
Education Policy Institute: educationpolicy.org
Goldwater Institute: goldwaterinstitute.org
Heartland Institute: heartland.org
Heritage Foundation: heritage.org
Hoover Institution: hoover.org
Hudson Institute: www.hudson.org
Institute for Justice: ij.org
International Society for Individual Liberty: isil.org
Mackinac Center for Public Policy: mackinac.org
Manhattan Institute: manhattan-institute.org
Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation: www.friedmanfoundation.org
National Center for Policy Analysis: ncpa.org
New America Foundation: newamerica.net
Pacific Research Institute: www.pacificresearch.org
Program on Education and Policy Governance: www.ksg.harvard.edu/pepg/
Public Agenda: publicagenda.org
Rand Corporation: rand.org
Reason Foundation: rppi.org
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation: edexcellence.net
Urban Institute: urban.org

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