How much do you know about magnet schools?

Overview of Magnet Schools

• Magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula in the U.S. education system.
• They accept students from multiple different schools in the area, pulling students out of the normal progression of schools, and attending them is voluntary.
• There are magnet schools at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
• They are established by school districts and draw only from the district, while others are set up by state governments and may draw from multiple districts.
• Another type of "magnet school" emerged in the United States in the 1970s as one means of remedying racial segregation in public schools.
• Magnet schools have been the most successful of the ideas that originated from the Open Schools movement.
• The Magnet Schools Assistance Program was developed in the early 1980s as a way to encourage schools to address de facto racial segregation.
• Some 21st-century magnet schools have de-emphasized the racial integration aspects.
• Since coming into fruition, the number of magnet schools has risen dramatically.
• Most magnet schools concentrate on a particular discipline or area of study.
• Access to free transportation is a key component in facilitating racial diversity in magnet schools.
• Across the country, magnet school application forms assume that its readers are proficient in reading and writing in English.