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Download full textFrancies, Cassidy; Kelley, Bryan – Education Commission of the States, 2021
Schools in the United States continue to be segregated by race and socioeconomic status, almost 70 years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling that aimed to desegregate schools. Segregation exists in three ways in K-12 schools: (1) Across districts. This is the case in about two-thirds of segregation in metropolitan areas; (2)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, State Policy, Educational Policy, Racial Segregation
City-Wide Educational Coalition, Boston, MA. – 1977
This guidebook for parents was written by staff members of the City-Wide Educational Coalition, many of whom are parents of children attending magnet schools. When the city-wide district of magnet schools was created in Boston, parents found that they had the option of requesting student assignment at any of the magnet schools. One problem parents…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Guidelines, Magnet Schools, Nontraditional Education
Boston Public Schools, MA. Dept. of Implementation. – 1984
This booklet provides parents and students with information about individual schools and programs within the Boston Public School system. The first section answers common questions about enrollment procedures, school assignments, bilingual education programs, kindergarten, transportation eligibility, family changes of address, and parent…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools, Program Descriptions, Public Schools
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Program Development/Alternative Schools. – 1977
In this booklet, options (alternatives) for education in the Chicago Public Schools are discussed. Options described are of four types, all focusing on the learning of basic skills: (1) instruction-based, such as Montessori and open schools; (2) curriculum-based, such as magnet schools, academies, environmental schools and multicultural schools;…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Basic Skills, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Change
Providence School Dept., RI. – 1978
A curriculum package designed for Providence, Rhode Island's proposed magnet school program is presented in this report. Included are the curricula for Health Careers, Creative, Performing and Communications Arts, Business and Management, and Government and Law Magnet Programs. General information about each curriculum covers overall goals,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Basic Skills, Business Education, Career Exploration
US Department of Education, 2005
In many places across the country, public school students no longer automatically attend their neighborhood school. Instead, parents may decide that their child's needs are better met elsewhere, for example, at a small alternative school, an arts magnet school, a charter technology high school, or a media academy operating within a larger school.…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Educational Innovation, School Desegregation, Public Schools
