Yet Another NJDOE Secret: Interdistrict Choice
We have a program in New Jersey called Interdistrict Public School Choice. It's an interesting idea: a student can go to another appoved school district, within 20 miles. Ostensibly, the student will choose to leave their "worse" home district and choose to go to a "better" district; most of the migration is going to be away from the cities and toward the suburbs.
I have mixed feelings about this. There's no denying that New Jersey's schools are highly segregated; this is an attempt, however, small, to address that. You could make a good argument that our small suburban districts and "home rule" contribute greatly to the problem; if Jersey had county-wide districts like some states, there might be more movement in the student population. This is an attempt to correct for that.
I have mixed feelings about this. There's no denying that New Jersey's schools are highly segregated; this is an attempt, however, small, to address that. You could make a good argument that our small suburban districts and "home rule" contribute greatly to the problem; if Jersey had county-wide districts like some states, there might be more movement in the student population. This is an attempt to correct for that.