NATIONAL THINK TANKS
These think tanks specialize in research and advocacy related to national education issues.
The Acton Institute
The Acton Institute is an ecumenical think-tank dedicated to the study of free-market economics informed by religious faith and moral absolutes.
American Enterprise Institute
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare.
American Legislative Exchange Council
The American Legislative Exchange Council is a non-profit educational membership organization for state lawmakers.
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations.
Cato Institute
Promotes public policy based on individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peaceful international relations.
Claremont Institute
The mission of the Claremont Institute is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. The Claremont Institute is a nonprofit organization.
Competitive Enterprise Institute
A non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government.
Democratic Leadership Council
Washington has more than enough organizations to echo existing orthodoxies or churn out talking points on every issue. Our goal is different -- to be a reform think tank that can make ideas happen.
Democrats for Education Reform
Democrats for Education Reform aims to return the Democratic Party to its rightful place as a champion of children, first and foremost, in America's public education systems. We support leaders in our party who have the courage to challenge a failing status quo and who believe that the severity of our nation's educational crisis demands that we tackle this problem using every possible tool at our disposal.
Discovery Institute
Discovery Institute's mission is to make a positive vision of the future practical. The Institute discovers and promotes ideas in the common sense tradition of representative government, the free market and individual liberty.
Education Sector
Education Sector is an independent think tank that challenges conventional thinking in education policy. We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to achieving measurable impact in education policy, both by improving existing reform initiatives and by developing new, innovative solutions to our nation's most pressing education problems.
FreedomWorks
FreedomWorks recruits, educates, trains and mobilizes hundreds of thousands of volunteer activists to fight for less government, lower taxes, and more freedom.
Free Congress Foundation
Free Congress Foundation is politically and culturally conservative. Most think tanks talk about tax rates or the environment or welfare policy and occasionally we do also. But our main focus is on the Culture War.
Heritage Foundation
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
Hoover Institution is a think tank on the campus of Stanford University, dedicated to research in domestic policy and international affairs.
Hudson Institute
Hudson Institute is a non-partisan policy research organization dedicated to innovative research and analysis that promotes global security, prosperity, and freedom.
The Independent Institute
A nonprofit, scholarly research and educational organization which sponsors comprehensive studies on political economy.
The Institute for Policy Innovation
Advocating lower taxes, fewer regulations, and a smaller, less-intrusive government.
Ludwig von Mises Institute
The Ludwig von Mises Institute is the research and educational center of classical liberalism and the Austrian School of economics.
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
For over 30 years, the Manhattan Institute has been an important force in shaping American political culture and developing ideas that foster economic choice and individual responsibility.
National Bureau of Economic Research
Founded in 1920, the National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works.
National Center for Policy Analysis
The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, established in 1983. The NCPA's goal is to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector.
National Conference of State Legislatures
Offers a variety of services to help lawmakers tailor policies that will work for their states and their constituents.
New America Foundation
The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States.
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
NWREL is a private nonprofit working closely with schools, districts, and other agencies to develop creative and practical solutions to important educational challenges.
Progressive Policy Institute
PPI's mission is to define and promote a new progressive politics for America in the 21st century. Through its research, policies, and perspectives, the Institute is fashioning a new governing philosophy and an agenda for public innovation geared to the Information Age.
RAND Corporation
RAND Corporation is the original non-profit think tank helping to improve policy and decision making through objective research and analysis.
Reason Foundation
A public policy think tank promoting choice, competition, and a dynamic market economy as the foundation for human dignity and progress.
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is a non-profit think tank dedicated to advancing educational excellence.
The Urban Institute
An institute investigating and analysing US social and economic problems and issues.