{"id":1607,"date":"2011-12-06T13:15:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T18:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2011-12-11T13:07:38","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T18:07:38","slug":"draft2-magnet-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/2011\/12\/06\/draft2-magnet-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"School Choice &#8211;&gt; Interdistrict &#8211;&gt; MAGNET SCHOOLS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"internal-source-marker_0.3906337725929916\" href=\"http:\/\/magneteducation.org\/\">Magnet Schools[1. \u201cMagnet Education of Greater Hartford\u201d, 2011, http:\/\/magneteducation.org\/.]<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a id=\"internal-source-marker_0.3906337725929916\" href=\"http:\/\/magneteducation.org\/\"><\/a>Magnet Schools are another approach within the inter-district path. However, Magnet schools are different from Charter Schools, \u201cin that they remain part of the public school system bureaucratically. Charter Schools have a different organizational model (i.e. they have a charter that releases them from the regular school administration). Magnet schools operate under the same public school administration (they don\u2019t operate on their own).\u201d [2. \u201cMagnet Education of Greater Hartford\u201d, 2011, http:\/\/magneteducation.org\/.]<\/p>\n<p>The hope of Magnet Schools is to attract students from all over to create diverse learning spaces. Accord to Magnet Schools of America, the mission of these schools is to, \u201cprovide leadership for innovative instructional programs that promote equity, diversity, and academic excellence for all students in public school choice programs.\u201d \u00a0Often Magnet Schools pride themselves on smaller class size and thematic curriculums.<br \/>\nHartford has two types of Magnet Schools: Host and CREC. Host Magnet Schools are run by the Hartford Public School System and CREC, the Capitol Region Education Council.<br \/>\nRegardless of which type of Magnet School, there is an application process beginning in mid-October. Before applying, it is important for a parent to explore<a href=\"http:\/\/magneteducation.org\/virtual-tours\"> the different magnet schools[3. &#8220;Magnet Education of Greater Hartford, 2011, http:\/\/magneteducation.org\/virtual-tours.]<\/a> because many of them have focused \u201cthemes.\u201d Any resident of Connecticut can apply to a Magnet School. All families apply by filling out a Regional School Choice Office (RSCO) common application and will rank their top five school choices. Then through a lottery system and taking into consideration Sheff school integration requirements, students are placed in schools. In addition, \u201cThe selection is based on 50% Hartford enrollment and 50% Greater Hartford (suburban) enrollment\u201d[3. \u201cMagnet Education of Greater Hartford\u201d, 2011, http:\/\/magneteducation.org\/.] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magnet.edu\/uploads\/File\/$2%20billion%20later,%20do%20magnet%20schools%20help%20kids%20learn_.pdf\">Research[4. Robert Frahm, \u201c$2 billion later, do magnet schools help kids learn?,\u201d The CT Mirror (Connecticut, January 25, 2010), http:\/\/www.magnet.edu\/uploads\/File\/$2%20billion%20later,%20do%20magnet%20schools%20help%20kids%20learn_.pdf.] <\/a> on these Magnet Schools has shown great benefits for students from Hartford and the suburbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magnet Schools[1. \u201cMagnet Education of Greater Hartford\u201d, 2011, http:\/\/magneteducation.org\/.] Magnet Schools are another approach within the inter-district path. However, Magnet schools are different from Charter Schools, \u201cin that they remain part of the public school system bureaucratically. Charter Schools have a different organizational model (i.e. they have a charter that releases them from the regular &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/2011\/12\/06\/draft2-magnet-schools\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">School Choice &#8211;&gt; Interdistrict &#8211;&gt; MAGNET SCHOOLS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1607"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2012,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607\/revisions\/2012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}