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Digital Transformation in K-12 Enrollment: Simplifying School Choice for Families and Districts

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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.

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Digitizing Early Childhood Enrollment for Chile’s JUNJI Network

Author: TetherEducation

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.

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Transforming K-12 School Admissions in Chile through Centralized Enrollment

Author(s): TetherEducation

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.

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The Enrollment Cliff: How Economic Tools Help Districts Respond to Declining K-12 Numbers

Author(s): TetherEducation

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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