Educational Innovation in Multiracial Contexts: The Growth of Magnet Schools inAmerican Education

摘要

Magnet schools represent a significant effort on the part of the Federalgovernment as well as state and local educational agencies to attain two goals: first, to promote the desegregation of American schools, and second, to provide quality education for all students. Magnets have their roots in the concept of districtwide specialty schools, such as the Bronx School of Science, the Boston Latin School, Chicago's Lane Tech, and San Francisco's Lowell High School, some of which have been in existence since the turn of the century.