Type of School Attended by Student and Household Characteristics: 1996 and 2007 - Table 239 of the U.S. Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012. (U.S. Census Bureau, September 2011)...

Reforming Districts Through Choice, Autonomy, Equity and Accountability: An Overview of the Voluntary Public School Choice Directors Meeting - This paper summarizes the two days of conversation that took place at the Voluntary Public School Choice Directors Meeting, and lessons participants took away from the discussions. Essays by some of the panelists examine issue areas in detail. The conference focused on the most pressing issues faced by localities committed to public school choice. (Center on Reinventing Public Education, May 2011)...

Shifting Risk to Create Opportunity: A Role for Performance Guarantees in Education - The authors suggest that while many school districts are hesitant to hand over schools and school functions to outsiders, the Obama administration's goal of reforming 5,000 of the nation's lowest-performing schools in the next five years would benefit from the services of independent educational entrepreneurs. Performance guarantees, they argue, would establish a standard of performance and provide financial compensation for failed promises – and, most importantly, make someone other than the state or district at least partially responsible for outcomes. (Bryan Hassel and Daniela Doyle, American Enterprise Institute, July 2010)...

How Does Information Influence Parental Choice? The SmartChoices Project in Hartford, Connecticut - This parent-friendly web-based search tool empowers urban and suburban parents in navigating their public school choice options in the Greater Hartford area. The SmartChoices site is available in both English and Spanish and covers over 200 public schools and programs in the city of Hartford and 17 suburban towns. (Jack Dougherty and Diane Zannoni, Cities, Suburbs and Schools Project at Trinity College, April 2010)...

The Condition of Education 2009: Indicator 32--Parental Choice of Schools - This indicator examines the availability of public school choice programs and the students who attend chosen public schools, as reported by parents. This is recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics. (National Center for Education Statistics, 2009)...

Open Enrollment in K-12 Public Education - This document provides a clear synthesis of the open enrollment issues, including the potential disadvantages of open enrollment. The authors provide a snapshot of what states are doing in relation to open enrollment, conclusions and recommendations. (Adam Herrman, Nathan Burroughs and Jonathan Plucker, Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Summer 2009)...

Drivers of Choice: Parents, Transportation and School Choice - The authors address the questions of school transportation in order to obtain meaningful data to help shape school transportation policy. (Paul Teske, Jody Fitzpatrick and Tracey O'Brien, Center on Reinventing Public Education, July 2009)...

Food for Thought: Building a High-Quality School Choice Market - The argument for school choice hinges on both having high-quality options and building demand for academic quality. In order to pressure all public schools to improve and to raise student achievement overall, school choice reforms need to not just increase the supply of any schools. They need to increase the supply of good schools, and parents who know how to find them. As the district and community leaders approach the prospect of an expanded marketplace of schools they would be well-served by examining the experiences of industries already operating in inner-city communities. (Erin Dillon, Education Sector, May 2009)...