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magnet school

School that specializes in a particular area of the curriculum; for example, science, sport, or the arts. Magnet schools were established in the USA from 1954 in some inner cities, with the aim of becoming centres of excellence in their special field.

Critics say that magnet schools attract talented pupils and staff away from equally deserving schools in the surrounding neighbourhood.
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ON A BITTERLY COLD Saturday morning in December 1995, I wished my son Jonathan good luck and then watched him join a long line of students at the entrance to Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan, They were all waiting to take the admissions test for New York's three vaunted" exam schools The admissions process for the three schools is one of the last bastions of pure meritocracy in American education.
Facade of excellence. (Feature) by Stern, Sol / Education Next
Those bookstands near exam schools were selling answer sheets,'' Sok Chantha, a police officer deployed at a central high school in Phnom Penh, explained.
Schools turn to police to stop exam cheats in Cambodia by Asian Economic News
Clearly, there's a need for programs that would do more than shoehorn a few bright kids into an exam school.
Beyond racial preferences: a handful of programs are showing that ... by Worth, Robert / Washington Monthly
 
 
 
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