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Jude 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
Smith, Aaron Garth; Schwalbach, Jude – American Enterprise Institute, 2023
Nearly 70 years after Milton Friedman first proposed K-12 education vouchers, students in Arizona, Iowa, Utah, West Virginia, and other states can customize their education using education savings accounts (ESAs). ESAs allow parents to spend public education funding on expenses such as private school tuition, tutoring, and homeschooling curricula.…
Descriptors: Open Enrollment, Public Schools, Political Attitudes, Educational Policy
Nicholes, Justin; Reimer, Cody – Journal of Basic Writing, 2020
In the context of ongoing discussions about student costs of non-credit developmental writing, this study reports on the affordances of Basic Writing as a traditional, stand-alone course at a career-focused, four-year university. Participants were students who took Basic Writing and Composition 1 between Fall 2011 and Spring 2013 (N = 2,693) in…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Developmental Studies Programs, Freshman Composition, Writing Achievement
Yeado, Joe; Grace, Julie; Schmidt, Jeff – Public Policy Forum, 2017
Our 31st annual report analyzing data from southeast Wisconsin's public school districts finds that while 68 of the 92 school districts are exceeding or significantly exceeding expectations on our new state report cards, there are large achievement gaps across the region on state assessments for low-income students and students of color. Key…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Demography, Academic Achievement, Educational Finance
Chapman, Anne; Keyes, Maddie; Schmidt, Jeff – Public Policy Forum, 2017
Our 32nd annual report analyzing data from southeast Wisconsin's public school districts finds progress on some college readiness indicators and largely positive showings on district report cards. Those results are offset, however, by discouraging results on standardized tests and continued substantial achievement gaps between students of…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Demography, Academic Achievement, Educational Finance
Yeado, Joe; Binversie, Ben; Schmidt, Jeff – Public Policy Forum, 2015
For the last 30 years, the Public Policy Forum has collected and analyzed education data to produce an annual report on the demographics, academic performance, and finances of public school districts in southeast Wisconsin. In the three decades of producing this report, few years have exhibited as much change and transformation as this one. The…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Demography, Academic Achievement, Educational Finance
Welsch, David M.; Zimmer, David M. – Economics of Education Review, 2012
This paper examines the competitive effects of a unique school choice program implemented in the late 1990s, Wisconsin's open enrollment program, which allows families to send their children to schools outside their home district. In contrast to other school choice programs, districts not only face negative consequences from losing students and…
Descriptors: School Choice, Standardized Tests, Open Enrollment, Student Mobility
Welsch, David M.; Statz, Bambi; Skidmore, Mark – Economics of Education Review, 2010
Using data for all Wisconsin school districts over the 2003/04 through 2006/07 school years, we evaluate the state of Wisconsin's Open Enrollment (inter-district transfer) program to determine which school district characteristics influence parental transfer decisions. To our knowledge, this is the first study of school choice in a public school…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Transfer Students, Open Enrollment
Yeado, Joe; Schmidt, Jeff; Hart, Rebecca; Henken, Rob – Public Policy Forum, 2014
Over nearly three decades, the Public Policy Forum has collected and analyzed education data to report on the demographics, academic performance, and finances of public schools and districts in southeast Wisconsin. This 29th annual public schools report continues that tradition with updated analyses of new data and trends to shed light on the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Expenditure per Student, Taxes
Refsland, Randall G. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is the governing body for high school athletics in the State of Wisconsin. For some time they have been concerned with the growing perception that there is recruitment occurring in varsity basketball within its member schools. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to determine what, if any,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Team Sports, Females
Witte, John F.; Schlomer, Paul A.; Shober, Arnold F. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2007
The question that drives this article is why some school districts decide to open up charter schools and others do not. Several answers are plausible: (a) entrepreneurial initiative, (b) structural explanations, and (c) spatial competition. We use data for the state of Wisconsin derived from extensive case studies of 19 charter schools and…
Descriptors: Competition, School Districts, Open Enrollment, Charter Schools
Wedemeyer, Charles A.; Ghatala, M. Habeeb – Audiovisual Instruction, 1972
Briefly describes a proposal to create a statewide educational system open to all state residents regardless of educational background, residence or age. (AK)
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Equal Education, Experimental Schools, Open Enrollment
Solomon, Gwen – Technology & Learning, 2005
When superintendent Bill Harbron of the Northern Ozaukee School District in Fredonia, Wisconsin decided it was time to offer more instructional alternatives to students and parents, an e-learning program seemed like the perfect fit. After researching and considering several options, he invited e-learning content provider K12 to present its program…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Superintendents, Internet, Nontraditional Education
Spanbauer, S.J. – 1976
Following a 3-year feasibility study, Fox Valley Technical Institute (FVTI) converted 18 vocational-technical education programs to year-round operation. Each of these programs is being implemented based on the departmental plan best suited for the particular program, so that the maximum number of students may be served at the lowest possible…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Extended School Year, Flexible Scheduling, Open Enrollment
Norquist, John O. – Momentum, 1996
Discusses a recent Wisconsin "school choice" initiative, under which parents may choose public, private, nonsectarian, or religious schools for their children and have state funding directed to the appropriate institutions. Argues that school choice programs empower parents to provide the best education available to their children. (MAB)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Decision Making, Educational Strategies, Educational Vouchers
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