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Thanks to the growing list of programs profiled here that have contributed their work to this site. The toolkit will be expanded over time as more is learned about how to develop and improve choice programs. Select a program to view its promising practices and sample materials.

Program No. of Schools Enrollment Demographic
Arkansas Virtual School 1 500 Urban/Suburban
Brighter Choice Program, NY 9 3,275 Urban
Cambridge, MA 15 5,770 Urban/Suburban
Chicago, IL 666 407,955 Urban
Desert Sands, CA 33 28,775 Urban/Suburban
Duval County, FL 161 125,000 Urban/Suburban
Florida DOE 3,723 2,653,377 Urban/Suburban/Rural
Foxborough Regional Charter 1 1,030 Suburban
Hamilton County, TN 76 41,567 Urban/Suburban
Hillsborough County, FL 243 206,775 Urban/Suburban
Hot Springs, AR 8 3,706 Urban
Houston, TX 296 200,225 Urban
KIPP Houston 11 3360 Urban
Mesa, AZ 87 69,000 Urban/Suburban
Miami-Dade County, FL 415 345,150 Urban
Minneapolis, MN 91 33,000 Urban
Monadnock Region, NH 29 9,013 Rural
Montclair, NJ 11 6,562 Urban/Suburban
New Haven, CT 49 20,759 Urban
Portland, OR 92 45,024 Urban
Wake County, NC 156 137,706 Urban

This website features promising practices and sample materials from programs studied by a research team from WestEd and its partner Edvance. The research was performed to inform a series of guides about promising practices in American public education. Four of the guides highlight innovative programs for increasing parents' public school options.