Sentences with phrase «become magnet schools»

Every high school and middle school and half the districts elementary schools became magnet schools with special themes such as classical Greek, Slavic studies, and agribusiness.

Becoming a magnet school was not part of her original plan, Ms. Irizarry said, but she eagerly adopted the idea when Mr. Gallagher, the magnet program director, told her the school would receive about $ 1 million over the next two years.

In 1981, AJLA became a magnet school focusing on world language.

He said he was sympathetic to board members» criticisms of charter school funding, but ultimately he hopes the school can become a magnet school for the area.

«We are working closely with the other schools to go through this comprehensive process [to become a magnet school] because a lot of things have to be in place,» Abrahams said.

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When the school board voted to oust the three remaining pregnant students from the cheerleading squad, the controversy became a magnet for activist groups and the national press.

Ever since an experiment in the high school physics lab went awry, Riverdale has become a magnet for the stuff of which «B - Movies» are made.

Buffalo Grove has become a magnet because the area has affordable housing and good schools,» Cohen said.

Growing quickly, it became a magnet for noted law faculty, conveying to students that conservative thought was worthy of consideration and creating a safe space to question law school orthodoxies.

The nation's capital had become something of a magnet for well - educated, idealistic young teachers like Christopher, many of them drawn to the rapidly expanding network of public charter schools.

Even McCarver in Tacoma removed «magnet» from its name in 1998 and, as a result of No Child Left Behind, became a School in Need of Improvement.

That fall, McCarver Elementary in Tacoma, Washington, hung out its shingle inviting students from anywhere in the city to enroll, breaking the link between school assignments and residential location and becoming the nation's first «magnet» school.

Where desegregation has become a secondary goal, resource - rich magnet schools are often a target for cuts when money is tight.

These eager fifth and sixth graders from Birmingham Covington, a public magnet school in suburban Michigan focused on science and technology, are empowered to become self - directed learners through hands - on experiences in and outside their classroom.

Overall, magnet schools have increasingly become a strong vehicle for achieving socioeconomic diversity in classrooms.

Waldrip, whose full article is linked here with many more specifics acknowledges that while magnet schools are still used to improve diversity and reduce segregation, they have rapidly become superior options within the public sector for all students, even in districts of primarily one race.

My old high school is also a magnet, but my junior high became the administrative building for the entire district.

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Over a three - year period, each school must develop a unique educational theme, devise a governance agreement, revise its curriculum, establish a contract with surrounding school districts that will become feeders for the magnet school, recruit a diverse student body, and provide professional development for its teachers.

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A powerful coalition of rights groups, business interests, teachers and magnet school parents prevailed over conservatives who would have allowed schools in Wake County to become resegregated.

Some become charter or magnet schools, and others are abandoned altogether.

Electra McGrath, the mother of two children, including one who attends a Clark County magnet middle school, is suing to stop implementation of the destructive voucher program because she believes in helping Clark County schools become better for every child.

Marquez continued, «We hope this bill becomes a model for all public schools, including traditional public and district magnet schools, and that they will follow the lead demonstrated by this charter school action and examine their own potentially exclusionary admissions and disciplinary policies.

The need for magnet schools is abundantly clear in light of the recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found that students have become increasingly isolated by both race and socioeconomic status, with the number of intensely segregated schools more than doubling since 2001.

Originally, magnets were a way to improve racial balance voluntarily, but over time these schools became a place for smart educators to try new ideas.

But as charters have become a central focus of school choice proponents, federal funds for magnet schools have been frozen.

Liberty Elementary is a STEM museum magnet school that seeks to prepare students to become problem solvers who can compete in a global society.

While magnet and pilot schools are popular options, the Mann team — with the input of teachers and parents — chose to become a «local initiative school,» becoming the district's 22nd such school.

«Suddenly, Latin became something to attract people to the magnet schools,» said Joanna Taft, an Oaks parent and board members.

If it passes, establishing more of these themed - magnets will become a more feasible prospect: more teachers mean more programs in more schools, and more options for ELL students.

With the establishment of the Sheff standard for racial integration in 2008, magnet schools have become the state's primary method for reducing racial segregation and promoting integration within the Greater Hartford Region public school system.

Since winning the Dispelling the Myth Award, Wells moved into the ground floor of the refurbished high school, and once again became an arts magnet.

(excluding one that became an interdistrict magnet school) Non-charter public schools have not been so fortunate as they have had to follow strict federal and state rules and consequences, primarily on the basis of standardized test results.

These schools have essentially become dumping grounds for the students the charter schools and magnet school principals push out.

Cami Anderson, who became Newark's schools superintendent in May, said teacher shuffling is «common and inevitable in a city with only a few comprehensive high schools and a slew of magnet schools where people are not going to leave.»

The Montessori approach is well developed at the elementary level and is becoming increasingly popular in public magnet schools.

And if it used a conventional admissions system, based on distance, it would be very likely to become a magnet for middle - class families and be accused of poaching pupils from existing schools.

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Ten other schools are awaiting approval to become magnet programs, and 21 others have expressed interest but have not yet submitted complete proposals.

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The magnet schools siphoned off kids and the schools that could not become magnets absorbed the rest.

Perhaps LAUSD magnet high schools have been limited in their ability to create desegregated schools by the fact that certain cities in Los Angeles have become their own districts.

With one of, if not the most expensive tuition rates in the city ($ 39,750 + $ 2,000 mandatory fees + any extras) for a private school, Avenues (a for - profit venture) has become the area magnet for ultra-high-net-worth families who once called the now second - class neighbourhood of Tribeca home.

The power plant was eventually converted into a technology - focused charter high school, while the Allstate building became a magnet for photographers and bloggers seeking to capture evidence of America's fading urban cores.