Magnet School

1. Magnet School Yalemis Martin

2. History of magnet schools • Magnet schools first came into being in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a tool to further academic desegregation. The school was intended to attract students from across different school zones. So they had to do two things. • 1) open their enrollment geographically across traditional school zones. • 2) provide an environment or experience that would attract students and families from other school zones (thereby families would volunteer to desegregate their children to the Magnet school).

3. Purpose of magnet schools • The original purpose of a Magnet school was politically not to innovate in instructional approach solely but rather to create a school that would be so attractive, it would attract students to attend it rather than having to force students to bus to other schools to promote academic desegregation of students. The goal was to reduce racial segregation voluntarily.

4. What are Magnet Schools • A Magnet school is part of the public school system. Usually students are zoned into their schools based on location. Students mostly go to the school which they are closest to With Magnet schools, the public school system has created schools that exist outside of zoned school boundaries. The point of them is that they usually have something special to offer over a regular school which makes attending them an attractive choice to many students, thereby increasing the diversity of the student population within them.

5. Difference between magnet school and private schools • Magnet schools are different from private or parochial schools in that they remain part of the public school system. They differ from Charter schools in that they remain part of the public school system bureaucratically. Charter Schools have a different organizational model .Magnet schools operate under the same public school administration they don’t operate on their own.

6. Continued…. • Learning the difference from magnet schools from other public schools, Magnet schools usually have alternative or otherwise compelling modes of instruction. For example, you might find a Montessori Magnet school. A school doesn’t have to be a Magnet school to be a Montessori School. There are also public schools that aren’t Magnet schools which still offer fine academic experiences. Magnet schools differ from other public schools in that they receive additional funding to enable them to spend more money on their students, supplies, teachers, programs, etc.

7. Magnet schools; step 1 into the workforce • Magnet schools is a great way to get that on the job experience, for example magnets schools like Lorenzo walker for example have college courses and medical assisting classes. So that when you graduate you will just be able to get a job in that field you don’t need those extra months of training because you took that course already. And now you will be able to get a job after high school.

8. Three types of magnet school • Lorenzo walker institute of technology • East Career and Technical Academy • Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology at Bridger Middle School • http://ccsd.net/areas/superintendents-schools/schoolTypes.php#select • http://www.publicschoolreview.com/articles/2

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10. Video • http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=magnet%20schools&source=video&cd=2&ved=0CFgQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhYuZYxZxbsU&ei=UsqyTu70K9Pbggec1piMBA&usg=AFQjCNFXWfFhrOT_NdV8PFnnGPI1pqNg4Q