magnet school

noun

|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

Definition of magnet school

: 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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Recent Examples of magnet school from the Web

The academies that already exist — one in each of the five high schools — would be converted into magnet schools to which students would have to apply.

— rafael guerrero, Elgin Courier-News, "Board members question U46 career academies and pathways proposal," 5 June 2018
To only see your magnet schools do well is sort of false hope.

— alia malik, San Antonio Express-News, "San Antonio not closing educational achievement gap with major Texas metros, study finds," 20 May 2018
The city plans its performing arts magnet school to serve only local students.

— don stacom, Courant Community, "Bristol Eyes Memorial Boulevard School As New Arts Magnet School, Downtown Gateway," 21 May 2018
The lawsuit suggests several remedies, including the creation of magnet schools that draw from multiple towns and districts and tax incentives for municipalities to create more diverse schools.

— sharon otterman, New York Times, "New Jersey Law Codifies School Segregation, Suit Says," 17 May 2018
Currently, the district says levy funds pay for 158 elementary teachers, 70 high school teachers, 53 elementary school teachers and 18 teachers at the district's five magnet schools.

— betsy hammond, OregonLive.com, "Beaverton schools counting on voters to re-up $30M yearly levy for 300 teachers," 7 May 2018
The programming shifts would be partly funded with about $15 million from a U.S. Department of Education program intended to desegregate schools by developing magnet schools.

— juan perez jr., chicagotribune.com, "CPS approves additional borrowing that district says will provide more resources for classrooms," 21 Mar. 2018
Open-enrollment magnet schools and schools of choice, which have no zone, also draw in students.

— shelby webb, Houston Chronicle, "How do Houston ISD's magnet schools and programs work, anyway?," 31 Jan. 2018
Months later, trustees opted to reconstitute the campus into an open-enrollment magnet school through a partnership with the Baylor University College of Medicine.

— shelby webb, Houston Chronicle, "Houston ISD's Baylor Academy at Ryan opens to more neighborhood students," 10 May 2018

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