ERIC Number: EJ1310119
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1558-2159
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Opting Out: Enrollment Trends in Response to Continued Public School Shutdowns
Journal of School Choice, v15 n3 p331-343 2021
Research has found that fall 2020 school district reopening decisions appear to be driven more by politics and teachers unions than by the local presence of COVID-19. But what are the implications of those decisions for enrollment trends? Using recently released enrollment data from the state of Wisconsin, this study goes further to show whether school district decisions to go virtual, as opposed to in-person, led families to make other educational choices including enrollment in virtual schools, or delaying enrollment in school. We find that school districts that chose virtual learning to start the 2020 school year saw the largest enrollment declines, while families gravitated toward private schools and school districts with existing virtual schools.
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Public Schools, School Choice, School Closing, COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Virtual Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Decision Making, Charter Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
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