Comments on: Open enrollment explained http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/01/06/open-enrollment-explained/ Analysis, opinion and ruminations on California education policy Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:45:40 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: CarolineSF http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/01/06/open-enrollment-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-4531 CarolineSF Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:44:43 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=956#comment-4531 Do you have or can you get figures on the number of students who have deployed the NCLB option to transfer to another school in the same district, specifically based on the "your school is failing, so you have the right to transfer" piece? Do you have or can you get figures on the number of students who have deployed the NCLB option to transfer to another school in the same district, specifically based on the “your school is failing, so you have the right to transfer” piece?

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]]> By: John Fensterwald http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/01/06/open-enrollment-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-4524 John Fensterwald Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:42:57 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=956#comment-4524 I'll see what I can find. But yes, you're right. Most parents don't transfer because either they like their neighborhood school or the ones nearby are no better. NCLB allows transferring to another school in Year 2 of school improvement. You can make a good argument that the students who leave are often the higher achieving students, making it even harder for a low-performing school to raise its scores to get out from under federal sanctions. I’ll see what I can find. But yes, you’re right. Most parents don’t transfer because either they like their neighborhood school or the ones nearby are no better. NCLB allows transferring to another school in Year 2 of school improvement. You can make a good argument that the students who leave are often the higher achieving students, making it even harder for a low-performing school to raise its scores to get out from under federal sanctions.

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]]> By: CarolineSF http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/01/06/open-enrollment-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-4515 CarolineSF Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:21:54 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=956#comment-4515 Thanks -- now I get it, and today's Chronicle already explained it, too. But it has been reported that very few parents are taking advantage of the NCLB option to transfer to another school within the district, hasn't it? Are there any statistics or further details on how many families have taken advantage of that option, locally, statewide and nationwide? Thanks — now I get it, and today’s Chronicle already explained it, too. But it has been reported that very few parents are taking advantage of the NCLB option to transfer to another school within the district, hasn’t it? Are there any statistics or further details on how many families have taken advantage of that option, locally, statewide and nationwide?

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]]> By: John Fensterwald http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/01/06/open-enrollment-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-4507 John Fensterwald Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:52:14 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=956#comment-4507 Caroline: Under NCLB, students in low-performing schools do have the right to transfer to other schools within a district. This would allow transfers to schools with better API scores in other districts. Charters were exempted from the list of 1,000 schools covered by open enrollment. Critics argued that they should be included so that parents would be told that they have chosen to send their children to a very low-achieving school. Caroline: Under NCLB, students in low-performing schools do have the right to transfer to other schools within a district. This would allow transfers to schools with better API scores in other districts.
Charters were exempted from the list of 1,000 schools covered by open enrollment. Critics argued that they should be included so that parents would be told that they have chosen to send their children to a very low-achieving school.

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]]> By: CarolineSF http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/01/06/open-enrollment-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-4503 CarolineSF Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:11:27 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=956#comment-4503 I realized my question isn't clear -- that comment was two parts. 1. Isn't the right to transfer out of a low-performing school already part of NCLB? How is this different? 2. Did the critics mean that charter schools shouldn't be exempted from being on the receiving end of the transfers? I realized my question isn’t clear — that comment was two parts. 1. Isn’t the right to transfer out of a low-performing school already part of NCLB? How is this different? 2. Did the critics mean that charter schools shouldn’t be exempted from being on the receiving end of the transfers?

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]]> By: CarolineSF http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/01/06/open-enrollment-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-4498 CarolineSF Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:16:52 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=956#comment-4498 Isn't this already part of No Child Left Behind, or am I entirely misinformed? "Critics complained that charter schools will be exempted from on the list." Could those critics mean that charter schools are exempted from being on the RECEIVING end? Isn’t this already part of No Child Left Behind, or am I entirely misinformed?

“Critics complained that charter schools will be exempted from on the list.” Could those critics mean that charter schools are exempted from being on the RECEIVING end?

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