Magnet school

Other schools are built around elite-sporting programs or teach agricultural skills such as farming or animal husbandry.

There are two major categories of public magnet school structures in the United States, and although there is some overlap, their origins and missions remain largely distinct.

These schools use competitive admissions, usually rely on a standardized assessment score, and are structured to serve and support populations that are 100% gifted and/or talented students.

[8] "These schools were characterized by parent, student, and teacher choice, autonomy in learning and pace, non-competitive evaluation, and a child centered approach.

It was expounded in 1971 by educator Nolan Estes, superintendent of Dallas Independent School District.

Funds were given to school districts that implemented voluntary desegregation plans or court orders to reduce racial isolation.

Still, test scores in the magnet schools did not rise; the black-white gap did not diminish; and there was less, not greater, integration.

One of the goals of magnet schools is to eliminate, reduce, and prevent minority group isolation while providing the students with a stronger knowledge of academic subjects and vocational skills.

That effort to both attract voluntary enrollment and achieve the desired racial balance met with considerable success and helped improve the acceptance of farther distances, hardships with transportation for extracurricular activities, and the separation of siblings.

With a wide range of magnet schools available, a suitable program could be found for more children than only the "bright" ones for whom the earliest efforts were directed.

[16] Capital Prep, a year-round school where more than 80% of its students are black and Latino, boasts a near-0% dropout rate; 100% of its 2009 senior class was sent to a four-year college.

They advertise their unique educational curricula in order to attract white students who do not live in the surrounding area.

Access to free transportation is a key component in facilitating racial diversity in magnet schools.

Parents who seek out magnet schools tend to be Asian, educated, middle-class, and English-fluent.