Private and Religious Schooling Resources
To facilitate the study of Christian and religious education, the following topics open link pages (listing does not imply SACE endorsement):
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"Accrediting & Umbrella" Organizations
- Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)
- American Association of Christian Schools – AACS
- Association of Christian Schools International – ACSI
- Association of Christian teachers and Schools (ACTS)
- Association of Classical and Christian Schools
- Council for American Private Education (CAPE)
- Christian Schools International (CSI)
- Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)
- Friends Council on Education (FCE)
- General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)
- Islamic School’s League of America (ISLA)
- Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)
- Mid-Atlantic Christian School Association
- National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
- National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
- National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
- National Christian School Association (NCSA)
- Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship (ORUEF)
- Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE)
- Prismah: Center for Jewish Day Schools
- Torah Umesorah – National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)
- Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
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Here is a partial list of Education Scholarship Funding Organizations. With the growth of “Tax Credit Programs,” be sure to check your state for new organizations.
- Abell Foundation, Inc. (MD)
- BASIC Fund (CA) Bay Area Scholarships for Inner-City Children Fund
- B.E.S.T - Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust
- A Better Chance
- BISON Scholarship Fund (New York)
- Black Student Fund (DC)
- Byrne Urban Scholars (CO)
- Capital Partners For Education (DC)
- Catholic Schools Foundation (Massachusetts)
- Children's Education Fund (Dallas)
- Children's Scholarship Fund (TX)
- Commonweal Foundation (MD)
- The Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation (Chicago)
- The Denver Foundation
- The Independent Scholarship Fund
- Inner-City Scholarship Fund (Boston)
- Inner-City Scholarship Fund (New York)
- Latino Student FunD (DC)
- LINK UnlimiteD (Chicago)
- Maine Community Foundation
- Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship & Financial Assistance
- New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
- Partners Advancing Values in Education (WI)
- Philadelphia Society of Friends
- Prep for Prep
- Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education
- Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children (NJ)
- School CHOICE Scholarships, Inc. (KY)
- Shepherd Foundation (DC)
- Skillman Foundation (MI)
- Student/Partner Alliance (NJ)
- Tri-County Scholarship Fund (NJ)
- Washington Scholarship Fund
- Wight Foundation, Inc. (New Jersey)
- YES Opportunities, Inc.
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Christian Education "Resource Oganizations"
- American Montessori Society (AMS)
- Association of Independent School Admission Professionals (AISAP)
- Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States (AMCSUS)
- Biblical Wordview Learning Center
- Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview
- Considering Homeschooling
- Council for American Private Education (CAPE)
- Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE)
- Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
- Council on Educational Standards & Accountability (CESA)
- Discover Christian Schools
- Engaging Schools (Educators for Social Responsibility)
- FACE - Foundation for American Christian Education
- Home Schooling: Family To Family
- Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
- International Boys’ Schools Coalition (IBSC)
- National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
- National Coalition of Girls’ Schools (NCGS)
- National Home Education Research Institute
- Nehemiah Institute, Inc.
- Pilgrim Institute
- Plymouth Rock Foundation
- Prager University - not technically Christian, but many overlapping values
- ScienceUp_Rising: Great short video presentations defending design in science vs. a materialistic view of science.
- Teach Diligently
- The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
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"Legal Organizations" focused on defending Religious Rights
- Sometimes… ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union
- Alliance Defending Freedom
- American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ)
- Becket Law: Religious Liberty for All
- First Liberty Institute: Restoring Religious Liberty for All Americans
- Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund
- International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty
- Religious Liberty Practice Group
- U.S. Department of Justice
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"Professional Organizations" associated with Christian Education:
- Alta Vista
- Christian Educators Association International
- Christian Teacher.org - Resources for Christian Teachers in Public Education
- CSM - Partnership, Leadership, Transformation Christian School Consulting
- Society for the Advancement of Christian Education (No link - you’re here!)
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"Anti-School Choice" OrganizationsFew organizations actively oppose the religious school choice movement; yet it is difficult to change the status quo. The reason is not overwhelming support for secular schools, but that these organizations are entrenched and often reflect the massive power of the teachers unions.
- American Federation of Teachers
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- Anti-Defamation League (School Vouchers: The Wrong Choice for Public Education)
- Center for Public Education (CPE)
- National School Boards Association
- National Education Association
- Partners for Public Education
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"Pro-School Choice" Organizations*Listing here does not imply broad support by SACE. Some of the following organizations focus only on secular school choice.
- American Center for School Choice
- Discovery Institute: American Center for Transforming Education
- American Federation For Children
- Alliance for Catholic Education (Notre Dame U.)
- The Arizona Private Education Scholarship Fund, Inc. (APESF)
- Arizona School Choice Trust
- Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO)
- CATO Institute - Center for Educational Freedom
- Center for Education Reform
- Center on Reinventing Public Education
- Charter Schools USA
- Children’s Scholarship Fund
- E3 – Excellence in Education for Everyone
- Exodus Mandate
- FreedomWorks: Education Reform
- Florida Department of Education – School Choice
- Floridians for School Choice
- Florida School Choice (Fl. Dept. of Edu)
- Foundation for Education Reform and Accountability
- Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
- Great Schools
- Heartland Institute on Education
- Heritage Foundation on Choice
- Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (HCREO)
- Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
- Institute for the Transformation of Learning, Marquette Univ.
- J.P. Greene’s Blog on Educational Choice
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
- National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
- National Center on School Choice – Vanderbilt University
- National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI)
- National Charter School Resource Center
- REACH Foundation
- School Choice Arizona, Inc.
- School Choice for Kids.org
- School Choice Scholarships
- School Choice WI.org
- U.S. Charter Schools
- Voices of School Choice – Washington, DC
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"Research Links" related to Christian EducationChristian Education Research Resources
- Journal of Research on Christian Education
- National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI)
- Nehemiah Institute
- Private School Review
- Religion and Education (R&E) [SIG associated with AERA]
- School search: ** Search for Private Schools using data from the “Private School Universe Survey” conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics
- Webster’s 1828 Dictionary online
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Resources for "Study and/or Classroom Use"
- Foundational Research behind SACE. Craig S. Engelhardt's dissertation: Moral and Civic Education and the Public Value of Religious Schools
- Economics and Social Understanding: Presentation by William Jeynes, Ph.D. at the Family Research Council "God, China, & Capitalism: Is Christianity in China the Key Ingredient for Economic Success?" (Video & Powerpoint)
- SCIENCE: Great short video presentations defending design in science vs. a materialistic view of science. ScienceUp_Rising
- A Discussion of whether religious schools should accept public funding through school choice. “The Private School Dilemma: Take the Tax Money or Run?”
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Society for the Advancement of Christian Education