Exam Schools Prove "Magnetic.".

Husock, Howard

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ERIC Number: EJ350195

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Publication Date: 1986

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Exam Schools Prove "Magnetic."

Husock, Howard

Equity and Excellence, v22 n4-6 p6-7 Sum 1986

Defends the exam school concept. Using Boston Tech as an example, argues that clearing the admittance-exam hurdle motivates students. Views the magnet school concept as an idealistic vision that Boston has not accepted. (LHW)

Descriptors: Admission (School), Equal Education, Magnet Schools, School Desegregation, Selective Admission, Urban Schools

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts (Boston)

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