Big school districts lose big as students leave StarTribune.com:
"At a time when state funding is precarious, Minnesota's largest school districts are losing thousands of students and millions of dollars to one of the state's most noteworthy innovations: open enrollment.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first time open enrollment was a required school-choice option for large Minnesota school districts. While celebrated as a nation-leading school reform breakthrough, open enrollment is robbing some districts of their primary source of state funding: kids."
"At a time when state funding is precarious, Minnesota's largest school districts are losing thousands of students and millions of dollars to one of the state's most noteworthy innovations: open enrollment.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first time open enrollment was a required school-choice option for large Minnesota school districts. While celebrated as a nation-leading school reform breakthrough, open enrollment is robbing some districts of their primary source of state funding: kids."