Open Enrollment Is on the Menu - But Can You Order It? - Open enrollment can be limited to a student's choice of schools within district boundaries (intradistrict choice) or schools outside of the boundaries of the district (interdistrict). State policymakers decide whether schools may choose to participate or whether they are required to participate. Open enrollment is not a one-size-fits-all policy. It may be voluntary or mandatory at the state or district level, and it may allow for intradistrict or interdistrict transfer. Among other topics, this paper discusses what open enrollment looks like, why it's an option, and why states and districts offer it. (Marga Mikulecky, ECS, June 2013)...

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)...