Sentences with phrase «parents about magnet schools»

Among the policies needed in New York, Dr. Orfield said, were citywide efforts to educate parents about magnet schools, transportation options to help children get to schools outside their often - segregated neighborhoods and accountability for diversity.

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The case was brought last month by the parents of three white preschoolers who were denied admission to next fall's kindergarten class at the Arlington Traditional School, a countywide magnet school serving about 300 students in grades School, a countywide magnet school serving about 300 students in grades school serving about 300 students in grades K - 5.

Rosario, opening up about his own challenges in enrolling his children into magnet schools, vowed he would «do anything that I can do as a legislator — not just as a legislator, but as a parent — to give you folks a better opportunity than I had, that other children are looking to get.»

The district's unified enrollment system that parents used for the first time this year to apply to magnets and other district options did not contain information about student academics, but it did contain other information about the schools like what after - school activities are offered, if Advanced Placement classes are available, and notable alumni.

This essay aims to review resources available to parents, who are interested in determining the academic performance of a prospective elementary magnet, and to expose the lack of easily obtainable information for prospective parents to use in informed decision - making, by examining two common ways parents obtain information about prospective schools: the first is directly from school representatives at school choice fairs or open house events, and the second is from a popular website, called GreatSchools.

The lack of information available to parents about the academic performance of magnet schools is concerning and adds an additional variable into a system of choice already filled with variables.

These parents followed the rules; they got their applications in on time, and yet have heard nothing about whether their children will be able to attend a magnet school in September.