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A Parent’s Guide to Open Enrollment

December 20, 2011 Like 2 Andra Coberly

Application deadlines are nearing, tours are commencing, the pressure is boiling! What’s a parent to do?

The Nitty Gritty

December 20, 2011 Like 1 Andra Coberly

What Is Open Enrollment? For those of you who are new, open enrollment is a policy that allows parents to transfer their students from one public school to another. How does it work? Parents and students who want to attend…

Magazine

Open Enrollment Terminology

December 20, 2011 Like 1 Andra Coberly

When parents begin to examine the options in education, they usually find the process is a total education in and of itself.

Magazine

The Shift to Open Enrollment

December 20, 2011 Like 0 Andra Coberly

A majority of Colorado’s open enrollment students transfer from school districts with high test scores to districts with even higher scores, according to a recent study printed in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

Magazine

Open-Enrollment Fine Tuning

December 20, 2011 Like 0 Andra Coberly

(Common Misconceptions) For this guide, YS asked local educators and administrators about open enrollment and parents’ common misconceptions. We’ve compiled answers to those misconceptions to set the record straight: Myth: “There is a perfect school.” Reality: All schools have ups…

Features

A Long Way To School

November 3, 2007 Like 0 editor

When Jarrod Phelps, a seven-year-old Adams 12 district resident, waits for the school bus each morning, dozens of other kids his age can be seen in the background, running around the playground of another school that is just steps from…