Magnet Schools. ERIC Digest Series Number EA 26.

Autor/in	Klauke, Amy
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR.
Titel	Magnet Schools. ERIC Digest Series Number EA 26.
Quelle	(1988), (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Educational Innovation; Elementary Secondary Education; Individualized Education Programs; Magnet Schools; Nontraditional Education; School Choice; School Desegregation; School Effectiveness; Tokenism; Urban Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Individualized education program; Individualisierendes Lernen; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Integrative Schule; Schuleffizienz; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	In order to facilitate the transition to a multiracial community and to meet the prevailing desire for academic excellence, magnet schools have arisen in urban areas throughout the country. These schools meet racial quotas through voluntary enrollment and open access, promote integration through cooperative learning practices, emphasize personal goals rather than competition, and facilitate individualized instruction. As a result, they improve minority achievement without hurting white achievement, and challenge the assumption that standardization is the most equitable system. Magnet schools are criticized, however, for undermining the concept of fairness through standardization and for tokenism, since they draw only the best students and leave most minority students worse off than before. Magnet schools must therefore appear attractive but not elitist by appealing to interest rather than ability, and diverse but not second-rate by providing sound criteria and objectives. To avoid tokenism, a broad array of magnets should be established so that all children have the real option to attend schools of their choice. (TE)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01