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magnet school

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magnet school
n.
A public school offering a specialized curriculum, often with high academic standards, to a student body representing a cross section of the community.

magnet school
n
(Social Science / Education) a school that provides a focus on one subject area throughout its curriculum in order to attract, often from an early age, pupils who wish to specialize in this subject


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The only school in the Worcester public school system with uniforms is Jacob Hiatt Magnet School, which requires particular clothes in particular colors, such as blue or white shirts with collars and tan or navy blue pants, shorts, skirts or jumpers.
Before that, a group of teachers, parents and supporters worked on a plan to turn Alvord into a magnet school based on sustainability and environmental science.
The Case of Connecticut's Interdistrict Magnet School Program," published by the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, examines the interdistrict magnet school program in Connecticut that includes more than 50 schools open to students from multiple districts, a reform implemented to address the intense ethnic and economic isolation that existed within the state.
 
 
 
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