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Direct linkJude Schwalbach – Education Next, 2024
Open enrollment in public schools is a form of school choice that allows students to attend schools other than the one assigned to them by their school district. Though often less visible than policies such as charter schools, vouchers, and education savings accounts, K-12 open enrollment is rising in popularity across the nation, and 73 percent…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Open Enrollment, Public Schools, School Choice
Sampson, Carrie; Garcia, David R.; Hom, Matthew O.; Bertrand, Melanie – Peabody Journal of Education, 2022
Despite receiving little academic attention, open enrollment has the greatest potential among school choice policies to transform the governance of local school districts because all student transfers occur within the public school system, meaning that families and governance structures in two (or more) school districts are impacted by…
Descriptors: Open Enrollment, School Choice, Educational Policy, Governance
Download full textPendergrass, Susan – EdChoice, 2023
Open enrollment is a form of school choice that gives families the opportunity to choose an educational setting or school within the public school system that is best for their children. In U.S. public school districts, students typically must attend the school that is in their neighborhood and often do not have a choice of attending a different…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Educational Policy, Open Enrollment
Powers, Jeanne M.; Topper, Amelia M.; Silver, Michael – Journal of School Choice, 2012
Arizona's interdistrict open enrollment and charter schools laws allow families to send their children to the public schools of their choice. We assessed how public school choice affected elementary school enrollments in 27 metropolitan Phoenix school districts. Student mobility rates varied widely between districts and by location. The higher…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Choice, Metropolitan Areas, Student Mobility
Carpenter, Dick M., II – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2009
Most discussions of charter schools assume that they are monolithic. While the media, researchers, and policymakers are obsessed with comparing charters to traditional public schools, there's been little interest in comparing different types of charter schools to one another--until now. This study--the first of its kind--categorizes the nation's…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Classification, Institutional Characteristics, Enrollment
Sheane, Kim; Bierlein, Louann – 1991
Descriptive information on open enrollment/choice programs in a variety of states is provided in this report. Following an introduction, key program components are discussed, which include transportation, information, and funding issues; state guidelines for student acceptance; and athletic recruiting. Private school issues are examined in the…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Elementary Secondary Education, Free Choice Transfer Programs, Nontraditional Education
