magnet programs
Specialized public schools
Magnet programs are public school offerings designed to attract students from across a district by specializing in particular subjects—science, performing arts, technology, languages.
The name reflects their intended pull: students choose to attend rather than being assigned by neighborhood.
Magnet schools emerged partly as voluntary desegregation tools, drawing diverse students to programs they couldn't find elsewhere.
She got into the magnet program for gifted math students.
- giftedGiven as present
- talentedHaving natural ability
- high achieversPeople who excel greatly
- selectiveChoosing with care
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
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- school programsAP, honors, scholarship, AP classes, honors classes
- Giftednessgifted, gifted child, prodigy, high IQ, child prodigies
- Rural Educationrural schools, one-room schoolhouse, one-room schools, village schools, rural communities
- School Desegregationschool busing, desegregation, busing, school integration, Brown v. Board
magnet programscomprehensive schools
Schools admitting all students regardless of ability
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