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Minnesota's Public School Choice Options.

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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

The Participation of Students Who Are Identified as Gifted and Talented in Minnesota's Open Enrollment Option.

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Lau, Matthew Y.; And Others – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1994

This study compared 26 students identified as gifted and talented who transferred to nonresident schools through Minnesota's Open Enrollment program with 60 transfer students not so identified. Academic and educational concerns were the main reasons gifted students chose to transfer. Few members of minority groups chose to transfer. Parental…

Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Choice Transfer Programs, Gifted