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Magnet Schools: Implications for Curriculum Development
… is the Kankakee, Illinois School District 111 magnet school program, including a comparison of the magnet program to the regular or nonmagnet curriculum program in Kankakee. Findings indicated that magnet students exhibited greater gains in some areas, including test results, as compared to …
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The Impact of Integrated STEM Education on Student Achievement in Magnet Schools
… offering integrated STEM education at their STEM magnet schools. My study demonstrates statistically significant outcomes in student achievement results in fifth grade English language arts, mathematics, and science scores. Students receiving the variable of integrated STEM instruction were more …
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House prices and school choice: evidence from Chicago's magnet schools proximity lottery
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Principal Leadership and School Climate: The Effects on Student Achievement in Magnet Schools
<p>Magnet schools have been a part of public education for the past three decades. They were created in order to promote desegregation. Over the years, they have become more popular due to increased test scores as well as a different learning environment. Little research has been available to …
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School Choice: Perceptions of Magnet Schools and Charter School Principals and Parents in Georgia
… of parents and administrators in selected magnet schools and charter schools in Georgia. The intent was to give administrators of schools in Georgia an understanding of which parents in Georgia are most apt to make a school choice. Additionally, the study was aimed at providing …
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An historical analysis of the role of magnet schools in the desegregation of Riverview School District
… a concise history of desegregation in public schools in the United States and the subsequent establishment of magnet schools. An historical timeline from the establishment of the first magnet schools to current magnet schools models of excellence was presented. Equity theory framed this study …
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The Magnet School Program As A Desgregation Tool In School Districts Receiving Federal Funds From The Magnet Schools Assistance Program In 1995
Over the last three decades, the magnet school program has been employed as a desegregation tool to eliminate, reduce, or prevent minority group isolation in public schools in America. By definition, the magnet school program has three essential elements: a unified curriculum based on a special …
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Critical District Supports for New Magnet Programs
<p>Magnet schools have been a remedy districts, including the district under study, use to create voluntary integration within school districts under court-ordered desegregation. The purpose of this study was to determine how district leaders can support magnet programs in districts not receiving …
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Policy implementation and nonacademic effects of magnet school programming
The decision to implement magnet school programming in an individual building or on a district-wide basis requires the consideration of many factors. With all the research on the academic benefits, this paper explores some of the nonacademic factors that must be explored when creating or sustain …
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Essays in the economics of education and program evaluation
… Chapter 1 examines the impact of attending a magnet school on student achievement using school admissions lotteries in Wuhan, China. Although lottery winners were more likely to attend magnet schools that appear better in many dimensions, including peer achievement, I find little evidence that …
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The Impact of Principal Knowledge, Attitudinal Favorability and Organizational Structure on Emergency Preparedness in New Jersey's Public Schools
… of emergency preparedness in New Jersey public schools and how the confidence and behavior of principals affect emergency preparedness.</p> <p>This study had three research questions that centered on the principal’s behavior and confidence. The population for this survey was New Jersey public …
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The Effects of a Middle School Magnet Program on Eighth Grade Student Performance
Magnet schools were developed in the early 1970s when a large number of urban school districts began seeking alternatives to court-ordered desegregation mandates (Levine and Steel, 1994). Since that time, numerous studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of magnet schools in providing a …
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High Stakes Testing in Louisiana: An Analysis of the Disparate Impact on Black and White Eighth Grade Students and the Perspectives of Parents
… greater than White students when scores from magnet schools were included. Parents of eighth graders disagreed with the use of a single criterion for promotion. Parents said the instruction students received, pace of instruction, and stress of testing negatively affected student performance …
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Exploring the impact of school connectedness on student retention in a South Texas magnet high school
… long-term engagement, particularly in choice schools like magnet schools. A narrative inquiry approach was utilized to explore the perceptions of 12 magnet high school students – six new to campus and six returning – regarding school connectedness and its role in student retention. Framed by …
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The Impact of No Child Left Behind On Charter School Legislation and Practices - Policy Implications
… that this legislation is a conduit for charter schools becoming the likely alternative to public education. This study will advance the discussion of the key factors of four States charter school movements and how charter school legislation varies from state to state. Additionally, the study …
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Choosing success? Inequalities and opportunities in access to school choice in nine United States districts
Bowles and Gintis (Bowles & Gintis, 1976) dubbed schools as both the testing grounds and battlegrounds where society seeks to achieve equality of opportunity. This statement cannot be more appropriate to describe the debate surrounding the school choice movement over the past three decades that is …
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Race-neutral policies and elite high schools: Who are the beneficiaries?
Five of the best high schools in Illinois are part of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and are part of an elite category also known as Selective Enrollment High Schools (SEHS). In 2009, CPS was released from the consent decree that governed it for more than twenty-nine years. A race-conscious policy …
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Troubling social justice in a single-sex public school : an ethnography of an emerging school culture
… and interrogating equitable practices in schools. Findings substantiate the complex interface between historical, political, and socio-cultural contexts, stakeholder decision making in the ethnographic present, and the enactment and negotiation school culture vis-à-vis the …
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Student persistence in STEM fields: school structures and student choices in Finland, Sweden and the United States
… stratification and differentiation, specialist magnet schools and enrichment programmes) have on students’ intentions to persist in STEM fields. This study supports the theory that educational policies mediate student persistence both through structural possibility, and through the development …
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