But there was an alternative: a separate public high school recently started offering free college credits through a set of
different magnet programs.
Not exact matches
Some
magnet schools have multiple
programs in a single school, each with
different themes.
Our analysis compares the performance of students who win the lottery and attend one of the G&T
magnet programs to those who lose the lottery and either attend a neighborhood G&T
program in the district, a
magnet school based on a
different specialty, or a charter school.
Though the
program falls under the law's choice provisions, the federal government still considers
magnets an important aspect of desegregation policy, defining a
magnet school as one that «offers a special curriculum capable of attracting substantial numbers of students of
different racial backgrounds.»
About 30 schools have both general assignment availability and
magnet program availability, which require
different application processes.