magnet school
noun
: a school with superior facilities and staff and often a specialized curriculum designed to attract pupils from throughout a city or school district
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After the federal agency’s findings, the Chicago schools moved to create magnet schools and other programs that attracted students from across the city.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Elsewhere, in Hartford, Connecticut, PLF challenged a decades-old desegregation settlement that prevented racial and ethnic minority kids from attending high-quality magnet schools in their own neighborhood.
—Alison Somin, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
The plan also calls for $31 million in additional spending for public education that would block cuts to magnet schools that could have led to tuition increases for the sending towns and potential cuts in health care for students in private schools.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
They are also required to hold two parent-teacher conferences annually, and students in those attendance zones receive priority points in the district’s magnet school admissions process.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Elsewhere, in Hartford, Connecticut, PLF challenged a decades-old desegregation settlement that prevented racial and ethnic minority kids from attending high-quality magnet schools in their own neighborhood.
—Alison Somin, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
The plan also calls for $31 million in additional spending for public education that would block cuts to magnet schools that could have led to tuition increases for the sending towns and potential cuts in health care for students in private schools.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
They are also required to hold two parent-teacher conferences annually, and students in those attendance zones receive priority points in the district’s magnet school admissions process.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
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