ISIL Freedom Network: Ohio
Websites
- FreeOhio web site
Source: FreeOhio
OH, United States
freematt@freeohio.us
- Great resource for freedom-loving Ohioans. Anti-tax, pro-gun, activism, discussion list, and more.
- Ohio Chapter of Citizens for a Sound Economy
Source: Citizens for a Sound Economy
OH, United States
webmaster@ohiotax.org
- Organization "dedicated to revealing the truth behind Governor Bob Taft's attempt to raise Ohio taxes to pay for his increased spending programs." Site has budgets, articles, editorials, and, action suggestions.
- Ohio Taxpayers Association web site
Source: Ohio Taxpayers Association
OH, United States
info@ohiotaxpayers.com
- OTA is a non-partisan pro-taxpayer organization dedicated to reducing taxes in the state of Ohio. The web site offers information about the group and its activities, including membership information and news links to relevant items in Ohio newspapers.
- School Choice 2000: What's Happening in the States: Ohio
Source: The Heritage Foundation
OH, United States
- Education statistics, the legal context for school choice, and a summary of recent developments in the state. Also provides contact information and links to information in the other states and U.S. territories.
Experts
- Dr. Richard Kent Vedder
Source: Ohio University
Athens, OH, United States
rvedder1@ohiou.edu
- Professor of Economics. Author of the recent study "Can Teachers Own Their Own Schools?" http://www.independent.org/tii/catalog_pr/policy_schools.html Athens, OH 45701. Phone: (740)593-2037, Fax: (740)593-0181.
- David Zanotti
Source: Ohio Roundtable
Solon, OH, United States
info@ohioroundtable.org
- President of The Ohio Roundtable and Freedom Forum. 31005 Solon Road, Solon OH 44139. Phone: 440-349-349-3393, Fax: 440-349-0154.
- Roy G. Boyd
Source: National Center for Policy Analysis
Athens, OH, United States
- Senior Fellow. Professor of Economics at Ohio University. Boyd co-authored the National Center for Policy Analysis' study The Economic Effects of a Flat Tax.
- Dr. William S. Peirce
Source: Heartland Institute / Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH, United States
wsp@po.cwru.edu
- Teaches public finance, industrial economics, energy economics. Most recent book is "Economics of the Energy Industries."
- Dr. Dennis D. Miller
Source: Heartland Institute/Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea, OH, United States
dmiller@bw.edu
- Focuses on environmental/natural resource economics and development
economics.
- Philosophy Experts
Source: Social Philosophy & Policy Center
Bowling Green, OH, United States
- This page lists the libertarian SPPC's Senior Fellows, who are experts in moral and political philosophy, as well as having other interests such as the philosophy of science and medieval philosophy. Reason magazine contributor Loren Lomasky is included.
Introductions to Issues
- Milwaukee and Ohio School Choice Cases
Source: Institute for Justice
OH, United States
general@ij.org
- In Wisconsin and Ohio, The Institute for Justice represents low-income, inner-city families in a pair of cases that "may decide the future of America's most promising educational reform: school choice."
- Repeal prevailing wage law to increase school funds
Source: The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions
Author: Jeff Williams
OH, United States
- The state's prevailing wage law will add between 10 percent and 40 percent to the cost of repairing Ohio public schools. Adobe PDF. (3/1/97)
- Cleveland school choice decision lands blow to teachers unions
Source: Texas Public Policy Foundation
Author: John Pisciotta
OH, United States
- Ohio teacher unions are nearly unanimous in their denunciation of Cleveland's new school voucher program. Instead of implementing the "dangerous" school choice plan, the unions would protect children by keeping them in Cleveland public schools. Adobe PDF. (8/1/1996)
- Cleveland Catholic schools subsidize voucher students
Source: The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions
Author: Sam Staley
Cleveland, OH, United States
- Catholic schools in Cleveland lose an average of $577 for each new student they enroll under the city's pilot voucher program. Adobe PDF. (11/1/96)
- How to Reform Education in Ohio: A Symposium
Source: John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs
OH, United States
- In the wake of a state supreme court mandate to change its system of education funding, the State of Ohio is scrambling on educational reform. Adobe PDF. (12/97)
- Cleveland's School Voucher Program: The Politics and the Law
Source: John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs
Author: Robert Alt
Cleveland, OH, United States
- Cleveland's school voucher program is under assault by teacher unions. Adobe PDF. (2/98)
- Tax Relief and School Choice: A Win-Win Proposition
Source: Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions
Author: Richard C. Leonardi
OH, United States
- Minnesota and Arizona lead the country in innovative approaches to school finance, encouraging widespread use of tax credits or deductions to support choice in education. Ohio is advised to follow suit. Adobe PDF. (1/98)
- Judge allows Cleveland voucher program pending trial results
Source: CNN
OH, United States
- U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. reversed his earlier ruling that suspended Cleveland's school voucher program and permitted it to continue for one more semester or until a lawsuit over the program's constitutionality is decided.
- Ohio school voucher case appealed
Source: Washington Post
OH, United States
- Ohio officials have asked the Supreme Court to overturn a federal judge's order that bars new students from participating in a school voucher program pending the outcome of a lawsuit over the program's constitutionality.
In-Depth Studies
- Should electronic slot machines fill the budget gap?
Source: Buckeye Institute
Author: Samuel R Staley
OH, United States
- First of two studies examining tax reform and fiscal policy issues involved in using video lottery terminals as a means to increase state revenues. (11/03) (PDF file)
- Decentralizing federal employment: Feasability and impact on Ohio cities
Source: Buckeye Institute/RPPI
Author: John P Blair, Adrian L Moore, Geoffrey F Segal
OH, United States
- Study showing that a more balanced geographic dispersion of federal employment is feasible and could provide substantial benefits to local regions. (PDF file) (6/03)
- Private prisons save taxpayer dollars
Source: OTA
Author: James F Blumstein and Mark A Cohen
OH, United States
- "[I]ntroducing private prisons into states that do not currently utilize them could reduce public prison operating costs in a single state by an average $20 million annually." (PDF file) (4/03)
- Income tax progressivity in Ohio
Source: Buckeye Institute
Author: Russell S. Sobel and Robert A. Lawson
OH, United States
- Study examining the relationship between income tax progressivity and economic growth, finding that progressive taxes have a negative impact on growth. (PDF file) (4/03)
- Education empowerment zones: Revitalizing Ohio's cities through school choice
Source: Buckeye Institute
Author: Joshua C. Hall, Samuel R. Staley, Matthew Hisrich, Aengus Barry
OH, United States
- Study proposing the establishment of "education empowerment zones" (EEZs) in Ohio's six largest urban areas. EEZs are a combination of continued Community School growth and an expanded education voucher available to the middle-class. (PDF file) (3/03)
- Conservation through Collusion
Source: Social Science Research Network
Author: Jonathan H. Adler
Cleveland, OH, United States
jhadler@earthlink.net
- This paper examines the tension between resource conservation and antitrust in the context of marine fisheries. By limiting the sorts of cooperative arrangements that fishermen may adopt to conserve fisheries, antitrust law may inhibit the development of more effective self-governing institutions.
- Who pays Ohio's income tax?
Source: Buckeye Institute
OH, United States
- "Tax cuts, by definition, must go to those who pay taxes. Accordingly, any across the board income tax cut under a progressive income tax structure, like Ohio's, would appear skewed towards the rich." (04/10/01)
- Public school funding in Ohio: Is it really that unequal?
Source: The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions
Author: Samuel R. Staley
OH, United States
- The widespread perception that public school funding in Ohio is significantly unequal is mostly incorrect. Adobe PDF. (8/1/95)
- Competitive contracting in public schools
Source: Competitive Contracting in Public Schools
OH, United States
- This study reports and analyzes the results of an Ohio statewide survey of school district contracting activity in five areas. Continues at 21664i.pdf and 21664j.pdf. Adobe PDF. (4/1/1996)
- Cleveland City School District performance audit
Source: State of Ohio
Cleveland, OH, United States
- The Ohio Auditor audits Cleveland schools. First of a four-part series. See http://www.heartland.org/pdf/21663d.pdf, /21663e.pdf, and /21664k.pdf for the complete series. Adobe PDF. (03/01/96)
- An Evaluation of the Cleveland Voucher Program
Source: Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance
Author: Paul E. Peterson et al.
Cleveland, OH, United States
- Although the Cleveland Scholarship Program (CSP) was besieged by challenges in court before it even got off the ground, it showed impressive results when allowed to proceed. A survey taken in 1998 evaluated participants of CSP in the 1996-97 and 1997-98 school years. See also 2184ex.pdf. Adobe PDF. (6/99)
- New Findings from the Cleveland Scholarship Program: A Reanalysis of Data from Indiana University
Source: Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance
Author: Paul E. Peterson et al.
Cleveland, OH, United States
- An Indiana University study of the Cleveland scholarship program concluded that its students showed no academic improvement with respect to their public school counterparts. A Harvard team concludes that the Indiana University study relied heavily on unrealistic public school achievement scores as a baseline. Adobe PDF. (5/98)
- Giving Choice a Chance
Source: Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions
OH, United States
- Ohio's experiment in voucher programs that include sectarian schools began in 1994. In contrast to ballot failures elsewhere, reform in Ohio proceeded through the regular legislative process. This success has lessons for advocates. See also 2184en.pdf, 2184eo.pdf. Adobe PDF. (9/98)
Contests and Scholarships
- CSF Toledo: A CEO America Affiliate Program
Source: CEO America
Toledo, OH, United States
- Ricardo "Ric" Cervantes; 1933 Spielbusch, Toledo, OH 43624; phone 419-244-6711 Ext. 375, FAX 419-255-8269. Most private voucher programs affiliated with Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation have been established by individuals wishing to promote educational choice. For details, contact the program in your area.
- Children’s Scholarship Fund Cincinnati: A CEO America Affiliate Program
Source: CEO America
Cincinnati, OH, United States
- Lisa Claytor, Administrator; Cincinnati, OH; phone 513-891-3279, FAX 513-984-2684. Most private voucher programs affiliated with Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation have been established by individuals wishing to promote educational choice. For details, contact the program in your area.
- Parents Advancing Choice in Education: A CEO America Affiliate Program
Source: CEO America
Dayton, OH, United States
roesle@reiko.udayton.edu
- T.J. Wallace, Executive Director; Tina Roesle, Program Administrator; 300 College Park Dr., Dayton, OH 45469-0531; phone 937-229-4771, FAX 937-229-3670. Most private voucher programs affiliated with Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation have been established by individuals wishing to promote educational choice. For details, contact the program in your area.
Action Opportunities
- Free Hunter! A call for letters
Source: TPoL
Author: Carl Bussjaeger
OH, United States
- "Hunter has been indicted (he was not permitted to make a statement to the Grand Jury) and arraigned; his trial date is Thursday, May 27, 2004, at 8:00AM in the Ashland, Ohio County Courthouse. .... If you can't [attend], then letters are in order. .... I'd like to see letters that will help his case, rather bias the judge and prosecution against him." All the info you need is here.
- Liberty Action of the Week: Free the Hunter
Source: Rational Review
Author: Mary Lou Seymour
OH, United States
- Help a longtime liberty activist in his legal battle against the state of Ohio for exercising his 2nd amendment rights while passing through it on his way home to New Hampshire.
- How to make donations to the Hunter's legal defense fund
Source: Liberty Round Table
OH, United States
sunni@free-market.net
- Web page set up to keep people current on ways to donate to support liberty activist the Hunter in his RKBA fight in Ohio.
- Columbus paper seeks taxation victims
Source: OTA
Columbus, OH, United States
ScottPullins@aol.com
- The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch is doing a series about the tremendous growth in State Spending and taxes over the past ten years, and seeking a family for one of the stories, comparing their income growth to the growth in spending from state government. Volunteers contact Scott Pullens of the Ohio Taxpayers Association with your name and daytime phone number. (05/09/01)
- Fight Ohio's attempt to collect online and catalog taxes from taxpayers
Source: Ohio Taxpayers Association
OH, United States
info@ohiotaxpayers.com
- The Ohio Dept of Taxation has added a line to state income tax forms to try to collect taxes for items purchased online or via catalog. Current law requires retailers in Ohio to collect sales taxes; those without a physical presence can not be forced to collect this tax. E-mail your protest to them from the OTA's page.
Periodicals
- Ohio Taxpayer News
Source: Ohio Taxpayers Association
Columbus, OH, United States
ohiotax@aol.com (Scott Pullins)
- Summaries of news articles of interest to Ohio taxpayers, with links to full text of story where possible.
Organizations
- The Alchemind Society
Source: Alchemind
OH, United States
- The Alchemind Society is an international nonprofit association of people working in the public interest to protect the fundamental right to freedom of the mind. A Free-Market.Net partner organization.
- Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow
Source: Altair Learning
OH, United States
- A "telecommunity school" that has been awarded a charter to operate an Internet-based, distance learning school on a statewide basis in Ohio.
- Horizon Science Academy-Columbus
Source: HSAC
Columbus, OH, United States
ercanli@hsas.org
- Charter school; contact Dr. Ehat Ercanli.
- Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland
Source: HSAC
Cleveland, OH, United States
ertekin@hsas.org
- Charter school; contact Taner Ertekin.
- Summit Academy
Source: SA
Akron, OH, United States
info@summitadhdschools.com
- Charter school; contact Peter DiMezza
- Toledo School for the Arts
Source: TSA
Toledo, OH, United States
director@glasscity.net
- Charter school; contact Martin D. Porter
- Aurora Academy
Source: AA
Toledo, OH, United States
ecedhs@aol.com
- Charter school; contact Anne Haynes.
- The School Choice Committee
Source: SCC
OH, United States
- 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.
- Ohio charter schools
Source: U.S. Charter Schools
OH, United States
- Profiles of charter schools in the state.
- Ohio Community Schools Center
Source: OCSC
OH, United States
CFSatow@aol.com
- Statewide resource center. Clint Satow, 21 East State Street #1120, Columbus, OH 43215. Phone 614-224-2647, FAX 614-469-7163.
- Alliance for Education
Source: AE
Dayton, OH, United States
tjnealon@earthlink.net
- Resource center for Dayton area. Donald Thompson, Tim Nealon, 1595 Kettering Tower, Dayton, OH 45423. Phone 937-222-2934, FAX 937-222-0636.
- Lucas County Education Service Center
Source: LCESC
Toledo, OH, United States
lc_mjm@nwoca.org
- Charter school resource center for Toledo area. Tom Baker, Superintendent; Peg Hull, Inservice Coordinator; 415 Emerald Avenue - Second Floor, Toledo, OH 43602. Phone 419-246-3137 (Baker), 419-246-3123 (Hull).
- Christian Home Educators of Ohio
Source: CHEO
OH, United States
cheo.org@usa.net
- Resources and support for homeschoolers. 117 W. Main Street
Suite #103 Lancaster, OH 43130. Phone: (740) 654-3331, Fax: (740) 654-3337.
- Ohio Chapter of Citizens for Educational Freedom
Source: Citizens for Educational Freedom
Cleveland, OH, United States
voucherfran@juno.com
- Sr.Renee Oliver, Secy., 2600 Lander Road, Pepper Pike, OH 44124 (Cleveland; home phone 440-449-1200 Ex. 171; office 440-646-8322, FAX 440-473-9708. Chapter of the national organization founded in 1959 to promote the rights of parents to freedom of choice, justice, and equality in education.
- Libertarian Party of Ohio
Source: LPO
Loveland, OH, United States
- National Libertarian Party affiliate of Ohio. Site features current events, information on local groups, and a newsletter, all online.
- Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions
Source: Buckeye Institute
Dayton, OH, United States
- State-based think tank dedicated to expanding freedom in Ohio. Focuses on school choice, limited taxation, government reform, and free market enviromentalism.
- Adam Ferguson Institute
Source: AFI
North Ridgeville, OH, United States
ferguson@lorainccc.edu
- Named after Scottish enlightenment sociologist Adam Ferguson, AFI's major project is The Cactus Club, an Internet course in "Socionomics, the study of principles pertaining to social harmony, order, and development" (i.e., civil society as advocated by Ferguson and others).
- Social Philosophy and Policy Center
Source: Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH, United States
sppc@mailserver.bgsu.edu
- Site for arguably the intellectual center for pro-freedom philosophy. Find out more about the SPPC Fellows, visiting scholars, the SPPC Journal, books edited by Center Directors and books written by faculty and others.
Forums and E-Mail Lists
- Buckeye Institute blog
Source: Buckeye Institute
OH, United States
- The Buckeye Institute's blog, featuring news links and commentary on free-market news of the day from around Ohio.
- Freematt's Alerts
Source: Matthew Gaylor
Columbus, OH, United States
freematt@coil.com
- A pro-individual rights e-mail list. The list is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week). Special attention is given to the war on drugs, free speech, gun rights, sex, and human rights abuses and solutions.
Merchandise and Book Catalogs
- Books Edited by SPPC Directors
Source: Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH, United States
sppc@mailserver.bgsu.edu
- List of philosophy anthologies edited by the libertarian SPPC Directors Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr., and Jeffrey Paul.
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