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Magnet Schools
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Magnet Schools
An examination of barriers to entry for urban minorities into magnet schools.
1,415 words (approx. 5.7 pages) |
10 sources |
2001
Paper Summary:
This paper provides an overview of magnet schooling, their funding methods, and history. The author explores ideas concerning different barriers that urban minorities face with magnet schools.From the Paper:
"This distinctive school curriculum or method of instruction creates the attraction of magnet schooling. Magnet school programs are associated primarily with formal desegregation plans, and a substantial proportion of desegregation plans involve magnet schools (1994). What accounts for the higher achievement of students in magnet schools? The magnet school is designed to attract students away from their neighborhood schools, generally into minority neighborhoods."More papers on Magnet Schools:
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Magnet Schools (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Magnet-Schools/2752
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"Magnet Schools" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Magnet-Schools/2752>
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Feb 03, 2001 Graduate of Farleigh Dickinson University in May, 2003 with a major in Sociology, minor in Psychology and Political Science. Currently in Sociology MA program at George Mason University.
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