Insights on equitable enrollment, lottery best practices, and building fairer schools.
Preference tiers shape who gets a seat before the random draw even runs. Here is how to design, order, and explain them so families trust the process.
Non-English-speaking families often miss lottery deadlines not because they lack interest, but because outreach never reached them in their language.
Cascading delays wreck lottery seasons. Here is a practical guide to enrollment timeline planning that sets deadlines families respect and staff can actually hold.
Duplicate submissions, wrong grade levels, incomplete forms — enrollment application errors quietly corrupt lottery results. Here is how to find and fix them before it matters.
Families on your waitlist are in limbo. A clear waitlist communication plan keeps them engaged, reduces seat-acceptance attrition, and fills every open seat faster.
Lottery day demands more than one person who knows the process. Here is how to build a cross-trained team that keeps enrollment running even when key staff are out.
Winning the lottery is only half the battle. Learn how to forecast enrollment yield rates and keep every seat filled on day one.
Your enrollment data tells a story. Here's how to read it — and use it to make better decisions for your school community.
From creating your first lottery to running a draw, here's everything you need to know to get started with Marble.
Most schools think about documentation after they need it. This guide tells you exactly what lottery documentation you need, how to organize it, and how to make sure it exists before anyone asks.
Sibling preference tiers are one of the most common — and most debated — features in enrollment lotteries. Here's how to get them right.
The difference between schools that run lottery season smoothly and those that don't isn't luck — it's process. Here's what the best schools do differently.
When families can see how the lottery works — really see it — trust follows. Here's why transparency is the foundation of fair enrollment.
Federal law requires charter schools to use random lottery selection when oversubscribed. Here's what ESSA actually requires, what 'random' legally means, and what documentation you need.
Excel has been the default tool for school enrollment lotteries for decades. Here's an honest look at why schools keep using it, what actually goes wrong, and what a better process looks like.
Running an enrollment lottery is one of the most consequential things an admissions director does all year. This guide walks through the entire process, from opening applications to compliance documentation.
Expanding school options means nothing if access remains unequal. Here's how enrollment systems can be designed to serve every family.
When a lottery is challenged, your school's ability to respond depends entirely on what you documented before the challenge arrived. Here's what actually happens — and how to be ready.
When demand exceeds supply, lottery-based admissions offer the most equitable and transparent path forward for families and schools alike.