But, as a magnet teacher and a former
LAUSD magnet student, I would argue that the deepest strength of the magnet program comes from the integration experience itself,» he said.
Not exact matches
Students at Community
Magnet Charter School come from all over Los Angeles through the
LAUSD magnet program.
In 2016, for the second year in a row, the Los Angeles Unified School District (
LAUSD) announced that
magnet school
students significantly outperformed their peers across the state, district, and in charter schools in Math and English / Language Arts assessments.
Based on the spring results of the California Smarter Balanced assessments, the Los Angeles Unified School District recently announced that 55 percent of the district's
magnet students met or exceeded state standards in English / language arts, compared with 39 percent in charters, 33 percent in the
LAUSD overall, and 44 percent in traditional schools statewide.
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LAUSD magnets
But it's not about outnumbering the charter schools, said Keith Abrahams,
LAUSD's executive director of
Student Integration Services, who is in charge of the
magnet programs.
It is necessary for
LAUSD magnet high schools to put more effort into achieving racial integration so that
students who attend these schools can benefit from integration and so that racial relations in society may be improved.
The
LAUSD magnet schools website describes the
magnet programs as «Court - Ordered voluntary integration opportunities available to
students in grades K - 12 living within the
LAUSD boundaries» (echoices).
LAUSD magnet high schools are failing to make interracial contact feasible for
students.