Tested Nationwide: What Chile's Placement Warning Means for US Districts
Learn what Chile's national school choice experimentation can teach US districts about systems building. For a decade, Chile's choice infrastructure has been standing the test of time, geography, and scale.
See moreSee moreFewer Families Left Unmatched: What New Haven Does Before the Window Closes
Behind every enrollment figure is a family deciding where a child will start school. Julia is a composite, drawn from the patterns New Haven's research documented, but her story is one the district sees again and again each cycle.
See moreSee moreWhere Do the Families Who Don't Get Matched Go?
Much of what shrinks a district's enrollment sits outside a superintendent's reach, from falling birth rates to state programs that fund private options. A district can lower families' risk of going unmatched by reaching them while they are still applying.
See moreSee moreFrom Research to Results: How New Haven Public Schools Built a Fairer Enrollment System
Discover how New Haven Public Schools partnered with TetherEd to transform its complex school choice process into a transparent, equitable system using research-backed digital enrollment tools. By implementing smart matching algorithms and real-time applicatio
See moreSee moreDigital Transformation in K-12 Enrollment: Simplifying School Choice for Families and Districts
TetherEd is rooted in field-leading research on enrollment system designs, ranging from national randomized controlled trials to comprehensive family surveys and structural model estimations. We explain a bit of that research in this blog post.
See moreSee moreDigitizing Early Childhood Enrollment for Chile’s JUNJI Network
JUNJI’s new national enrollment platform connects 3,000 child care centers through a single digital system. Algorithmic matching and real-time data simplify access, ease provider workloads, and give government agencies actionable insights.
See moreSee moreTransforming K-12 School Admissions in Chile through Centralized Enrollment
Chile’s nationwide SAE platform unified 8 000 schools under one digital system. It improved transparency, cut family application costs by 75 percent, and achieved a 90 percent match rate, setting an international benchmark for equity in education.
See moreSee moreThe Enrollment Cliff: How Economic Tools Help Districts Respond to Declining K-12 Numbers
Public school districts across the U.S. face falling enrollment caused by lower birth rates and rising competition. Applying economic tools, transparent coordination, and data-driven planning helps them sustain funding and rebuild family trust.
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