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Download full textGeorge, Janel; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
The long-standing effort to desegregate schools in the United States has been fostered, in part, by the development of magnet schools, which were launched in the 1960s to offer appealing choices of educational programs that could attract an integrated population of families. Magnet schools are public elementary or secondary schools that seek to…
Descriptors: Magnet Schools, Equal Education, School Desegregation, Elementary Secondary Education
Slusher, Jon – Youth Policy, 1986
Presents historical record of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the issue of magnet schools as a method of achieving desegregation. Examines viewpoints of magnet school proponents and opponents on the issues of desegregation and the role of magnet schools, their high dropout rates, and the student selection processes. (SA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Desegregation Effects
