Magnet Schools

[sleuth]

But how well do they do in subjects that the school ISN'T a magnet for?

 

[carolinagirl]

End of grade tests are standardized and include all subject areas. The schools tend to do well over all, which means the students excel in all areas.

 

[DoWhat]

End of grade tests are standardized and include all subject areas. The schools tend to do well over all, which means the students excel in all areas.

But did your kid start off with Head Start?

 

[carolinagirl]

No, since your wife is on staff they gave your kid the last spot.

 

[DoWhat]

No, since your wife is on staff the gave your kid the last spot.

Do you know Tonio?

 

[crabcake]

Depending on the school and it's leadership, magnet schools are the way to go. I absolutely loved my daughter's school. I had to go through the school board to have her transferred into that school because it wasn't in our district. The students at magnet schools typically score better on end of grade test than other schools and if they don't federal and state funding is more abundant to helping to bring everyone up to par. My daugher's school received federal funds to run a ALP (Accelerated Learning Program) after school for kids that were below performance level. Twice a week the teachers at the school would work with 5 students each on the testing areas. They would give them mock problems that were similar to those they would see on the tests. The kids stayed after school and then a Wake County School Bus would take them home.

Thanks you! That's the kind of info I was looking for.

 

[Tonio]

Do you know Tonio?

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[camily]

No, since your wife is on staff they gave your kid the last spot.

 

[StarCat]

DQ's new school is a magnet school ... specifically, an International Baccalaurreate Organization Primary Years Programme. I'm checking out the IBO website to see just what exactly the dealy-O is with it and what makes it so special, but I'm curious if anyone has experience with a school like this? I've heard of magnet and charter schools before, and know they typically offer something 'extra' than regular public school tends to offer, but that's about it. :shrug:

I dont know if this helps any but Gwynn Park was a magnet school, which they didnt offer anything better or special, it was just kind of an excuse to bus kids in from DC. I was in magnet, and i dropped out of it because i didnt want to have to do science projects, which was the only difference. Magent kids had to do science projects, non magnet didnt :shrug: my classes were all the same either way.