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Pearson, Judith – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
Responding to Joe Nathan's praise of Minnesota's school choice programs in the same "Kappan" issue, this article cites teacher opinion poll deficiencies; mistaken correlations involving open enrollment, rural district cooperation, and enabling state legislation; and insufficient program implementation and evaluation data. The hidden…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Competition, Consolidated Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textRandall, Ruth E. – 1989
The kinds of school choice programs and the processes by which they became legalized in Minnesota are discussed in this paper. The first part reviews reasons for restructuring American schools. The second part describes how the Minnesota education system moved changed in the following areas: from a single delivery system to community education;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education
Colopy, Kelly W.; Tarr, Hope C. – 1994
This document presents findings of a study that identified patterns of use among a broad array of open-enrollment options available to elementary and secondary students in Minnesota. During the period 1985-91, the Minnesota legislature passed several pieces of new legislation designed to: (1) increase the educational choices available to students,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Malone, Mike; And Others – 1993
This document describes the numbers of Minnesota students who are actively selecting their schools, and the number of Minnesota school districts offering options from which families may select. The first section explains the different kinds of school choice offered to Minnesota students. The second section illustrates the change in Minnesotans'…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Rate
Rubenstein, Michael C.; And Others – 1992
This document examines the implementation and early effects of Minnesota's open-enrollment option, which allows families to apply to enroll their children in a public school in any nonresident school district in the state. During 1989-90, surveys were mailed to 2,663 participating families, 1,966 secondary school students, and all 432 district…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship
Lange, Cheryl M.; And Others – 1995
The expectations of parents of students with disabilities who transferred schools through an open enrollment option were examined in this qualitative study. In-depth interviews were conducted with parents of 18 children and adolescents who transferred their child through Minnesota's open enrollment law. Interviews addressed: the student's history…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Policy
