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Alliance for School Choice

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http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alliance_for_School_Choice</p>

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The&nbsp;<b>Alliance for School Choice</b>&nbsp;"is the nation’s vanguard organization for promoting, implementing, and enhancing K-12 educational choice. In collaboration with a host of national and state allies, we create opportunities for systemic and sustainable educational reform that puts parents in charge."&nbsp;<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alliance_for_School_Choice#cite_note-0" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a></sup></p>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alliance_for_School_Choice#Directors" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Directors</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alliance_for_School_Choice#Contact" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Contact</span></a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alliance_for_School_Choice#References" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>

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<p style=" margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">Accessed September 2008:&nbsp;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alliance_for_School_Choice#cite_note-1" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[2]</a></sup></p>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/William_E._Oberndorf" title="William E. Oberndorf" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">William E. Oberndorf</a>, Chairman - San Francisco, California</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Kirtley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Kirtley (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Kirtley</a>, Vice Chairman - Tampa, Florida</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Charles_R.Hokanson,Jr." title="Charles R. Hokanson, Jr." style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Charles R. Hokanson, Jr.</a>, President - Washington, D.C.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cory_Booker" title="Cory Booker" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Cory Booker</a>&nbsp;- Newark, New Jersey</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_Brennan" title="David Brennan" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">David Brennan</a>&nbsp;- Akron, Ohio</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Anthony_Col%C3%B3n&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anthony Colón (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Anthony Colón</a>&nbsp;- Executive Commitee at-Large - Washington, D.C.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Cone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Cone (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Robert Cone</a>&nbsp;- Everson, Pennsylvania</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=R._Boykin_Curry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Boykin Curry (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">R. Boykin Curry</a>&nbsp;- New York, New York</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Betsy_DeVos" title="Betsy DeVos" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Betsy DeVos</a>&nbsp;- Grand Rapids, Michigan</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Fisher" title="John Fisher" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Fisher</a>, Development - San Francisco, California</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Peter_Flanigan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Flanigan (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Peter Flanigan</a>&nbsp;- Executive Commitee at-Large, New York, New York</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stephen_Friess&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stephen Friess (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Stephen Friess</a>&nbsp;- Jackson Hole, Wyoming</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Brian_Jones" title="Brian Jones" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Brian Jones</a>&nbsp;- Governance</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Kirtley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Kirtley (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Kirtley</a>&nbsp;- Program Assessment</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rebeca_Nieves_Huffman" title="Rebeca Nieves Huffman" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Rebeca Nieves Huffman</a>&nbsp;- Chicago, Illinois</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Susan_Mitchell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Susan Mitchell (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Susan Mitchell</a>&nbsp;- Strategy and Policy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Carrie_Penner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carrie Penner (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Carrie Penner</a>&nbsp;- Atherton, California</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joseph_E.Robert,Jr." title="Joseph E. Robert, Jr." style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Joseph E. Robert, Jr.</a>&nbsp;- Washington, D.C.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Richard_Sharp" title="Richard Sharp" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Richard Sharp</a>&nbsp;- Richmond, Virginia</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/J._Peter_Simon" title="J. Peter Simon" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">J. Peter Simon</a>&nbsp;- Finance and Audit, Morristown, New Jersey</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Anthony_A._Williams" title="Anthony A. Williams" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Anthony A. Williams</a>&nbsp;- Washington, D.C.</li>

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<dd style=" line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Web:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.allianceforschoolchoice.org/" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">http://www.allianceforschoolchoice.org</a></dd>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Corey_Booker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Corey Booker (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Corey Booker</a>&nbsp;- supporter&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/corey-booker-and-hard-rights-colonization-black-american-politics" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[1]</a></li>

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<li id="cite_note-0" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alliance_for_School_Choice#cite_ref-0" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allianceforschoolchoice.org/AboutUs/#" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">About</a>, Alliance for School Choice, accessed September 19, 2008.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alliance_for_School_Choice#cite_ref-1" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allianceforschoolchoice.org/AboutUs/#BOD" style=" text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Directors</a>, Alliance for School Choice, accessed September 19, 2008.</span></li>

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