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Background and Overview: Impact and Purpose of Magnets<\/div>\n
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<\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1592463473314{margin-top: -12px !important;}”]The 1960s brought great change to the education landscape, including desegregating school systems to offer equal opportunities and access to superior education to students of every race and socio-economic level. The very first \u201csuper\u201d high school was in Dallas, Texas in 1971. Designed around the concept of career strands, Skyline High School attracted students of all kinds \u2013 rich, poor, Hispanic, African American, Asian, white \u2013 from all over the city. The Performing and Visual Arts School \u201cworked like a \u2018magnet\u2019 in attracting students.\u201d<\/a> By 1975, the term \u201cmagnet school\u201d had caught on.<\/p>\n

Since then, magnet schools have been critical to school district efforts to:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong>\u00a0 Implement voluntary desegregation plans
\n2<\/strong>.\u00a0 Address court desegregation orders
\n3.<\/strong>\u00a0 Provide choice within the public school system
\n4.<\/strong>\u00a0 Improve the achievement of all students, particularly under-resourced students<\/p>\n

The single largest form of public school \u201cchoice,\u201d magnet schools are visionary and innovative. With 4,340 schools educating more than 3.5 million students nationwide, magnet schools have emerged as educational beacons in communities. These schools incorporate themed curricula, hands-on and experiential learning for a diverse tapestry of students meeting academic requirements that often exceed those of the school district or state.[\/vc_column_text]

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<\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1591815859565{margin-top: -12px !important;}”]Magnet schools offer a\u00a0wide range of distinctive education programs<\/a>. Some emphasize academic subjects such as math, science, technology, language immersion, visual and performing arts, or humanities, and others use specific instructional approaches, such as Montessori methods, or approaches found in International Baccalaureate programs, dual-enrollment or early college programs. In addition to varying in theme, magnet schools also vary in structure (whole-school magnets versus programs within a school), model (\u201ctraditional\u201d magnets versus \u201cdestination\u201d magnets), and target population (neighborhood students versus students from outside the magnet neighborhood).<\/p>\n

The\u00a0educational themes<\/a>\u00a0that some magnet schools focus on include:<\/p>\n