Sentences with phrase «magnet schools within the districts»

The academies would operate as magnet schools within the districts, alternatives to — but not replacements for — coed programs.

Successful candidates for MSA's Superintendent of the Year Award will demonstrate magnet school leadership in his or her magnet schools within the district, state and national level in the following areas:

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He supports charter schools, school choice within a district, and «money follows the child,» a program in which students who attend magnet or charter schools bring education funding with them instead of sharing it with their old school district.

Foley's education plan includes policies such as school choice within a district and «money follows the child» - a program where students who attend magnet or charter schools bring the education funding with them instead of sharing it with their old school district.

Those schools include public charter schools, magnet schools, and other types of options both within districts and in nearby districts.

While magnet schools are widely prevalent — there are over 3,000 magnets across more than 600 school districts within 34 states — they have received less attention in the research literature than charters.

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.

The new group, an outgrowth of a plan from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, has identified 16 charters, 8 magnets and 4 traditional schools within the district that have more than 75 percent of students qualifying for free and reduced - price meals and more than 60 percent of students who meet or exceed standards for English Language Arts.

Parents deserve to know that rich public school options, such as Magnets, exist within their own district, that not all charter schools welcome or keep every child or that private schools accessed by Corporate Tax Scholarships may not be accredited.

Using findings from a study visit conducted by Magnet Schools of America as a roadmap, the Office of School Options and Innovation, started the journey along the road to increase equity, diversity and excellence within district policies that impact magnet programming.

Anderson and her top staff have begun meeting with community leaders, educators and others to start rolling out the new high school redesign, under which families and students who do not get into the district's selective magnet schools will still have options within the city.

There are a growing array of education choice options available in America such as controlled open enrollment, charter schools, charter districts, online schools, lab schools, schools - within - schools, year - round schools, charter technical career centers, magnet schools, alternative schools, vouchers, special programs, advanced placement, dual enrollment, International Baccalaureate, early admissions, and credit by examination or demonstration of competency.

In places where magnet schools only allow mobility within the district, students may end up going to magnet schools that are as segregated as the neighborhood schools these students would have otherwise attended.