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Download full textLevin, Henry M. – 1982
There is a need for a common educational core to satisfy the requirements for reproducing a democratic society. Although historically the common schools were couched in the rhetoric of a common educational experience, democratic localism tended to undermine the commonality through a large number of antidemocratic practices. However, recent decades…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Educational History, Educational Vouchers, Family School Relationship
PDF pending restorationFunkhouser, Janie E.; Colopy, Kelly W. – 1994
This report presents a second look at the effects of Minnesota's School District Enrollment Options Program, usually referred to as the Open Enrollment Program. This interdistrict enrollment program allows families and students to apply for enrollment in any school district other than the one in which they reside. This document focuses on the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Budgets, Demography, Educational Opportunities
Anker, Irving – 1974
This document presents the testimony of the Chancellor of the City of New York Board of Education, for the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Opening remarks address the issue of racial integration and the Board of Education's commitment to its adoption as official policy. Six recent actions taken by the Chancellor to promote integration…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Classroom Desegregation, Community Influence, Educational Opportunities
Meadows, George R. – 1975
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential role of selected fiscal incentives in attempting to achieve greater racial and socioeconomic integration through open enrollment programs. Three premises underlie this paper: first, that past experience with district wide unrestricted (color-blind) open enrollment plans indicate that this…
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Educational Finance, Equalization Aid, Financial Policy
Ysseldyke, James E.; Lange, Cheryl M. – 1992
A random sample of Minnesota school districts participated in a study that examined the participation rates of students with disabilities in school choice options and tuition agreements. Surveys were sent to 100 Directors of Special Education; the response rate was 74%. The Directors of Special Education were asked to document the number of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Disabilities
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1972
During the 1971-1972 school year, the regular educational programs in District 24 were supplemented with special educational services funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This evaluation report treats the several programs funded under the following headings: Pre-Kindergarten Program, Strengthened Early Childhood…
Descriptors: After School Centers, Consultants, Early Childhood Education, English (Second Language)
Fowler, Frances C. – 1996
This paper presents findings of a study that analyzed participation patterns and the movement of students and state funds in Ohio during the 1993-94 school year, the first year during which Ohio's interdistrict open-enrollment law was fully implemented. The theoretical framework for the study was drawn from economics and business theories of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission (School), Educational Economics, Educationally Disadvantaged
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
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1991
This paper discusses implications of open enrollment polices for students with disabilities and for districts that gain or lose students with disabilities through transfer. An introductory section examines how open enrollment differs from other "choice" options and offers general arguments for and against open enrollment. The remainder of the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
HOWE, HAROLD, II – 1967
UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION IN SOME STATES OF STATE TAX MONIES FOR SCHOOLS HAS RESULTED IN A MUCH HIGHER PROPORTIONATE FUNDING FOR SUBURBAN SCHOOLS THAN URBAN SCHOOLS. THIS FISCAL INEQUITY IS DUE TO EXCESSIVE RELIANCE UPON THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUE BEHIND EACH STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT AND TO FAILURE BY THE STATES TO RECOGNIZE THE…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Involvement, Community Support, Federal Aid
Peer reviewedSmith, Angela G. – Journal of Law and Education, 1995
Explains and analyzes open-enrollment plans, current open-enrollment legislation, and the Omaha (Nebraska) School District's attempt to balance goals of integration and open enrollment. Provides recommendations for educational and legislative reform in the area of public school choice. (198 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Evans, Robert W.; Nieman, Ronald H. – 1991
This monograph documents major events in the Cincinnati (Ohio) School District (CSD) in 1990-91 concerning the Bronson Settlement, which was the result of a racial segregation suit against the CSD (Mona Bronson, et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Cincinnati). The Bronson Settlement ordered changes in nine areas of the CSD. This report…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods
Yeshiva Univ., New York, NY. Graduate School of Education. – 1962
THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE OPENED BY A WELCOMING STATEMENT BY JOSHUA A. FISHMAN, WHICH IS FOLLOWED BY A DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT BEACON OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY. THE PAPERS PRESENTED ARE (1) AN INTRODUCTION BY STANLEY H. LOWELL, (2) "SHALL SCHOOL BOARDS BE COLOR-BLIND OR COLOR-CONSCIOUS," BY WILL MASLOW, (3)…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Conferences, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation
Jimerson, Lorna – 1998
This study examined how eight rural, high-impact Minnesota school districts (defined as those losing or gaining a high percentage of student population due to school-choice implementation in fiscal year 1995) responded to school choice policy. Data from semistructured interviews with each district's superintendent were sorted and analyzed. In each…
Descriptors: Accountability, Class Size, Competition, Cost Effectiveness
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
