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Peer reviewedNadel, Myron Howard – Contemporary Education, 1985
This article describes four years of experience the Pittsburgh High School of the Creative and Performing Arts has had with a dance program. Problems and virtues of the program are highlighted, and suggestions for improvement are offered. (MT)
Descriptors: Dance Education, High Schools, Integrated Curriculum, Magnet Schools
Peer reviewedKorzenik, Diana; Bowker, Betty – School Arts, 1979
Two short articles discuss Boston's English High School Magnet Art Program. The first describes the collaboration between English High School and the Massachusetts College of Art to develop the magnet program. The second describes a group ceramics project at the school. Part of a theme issue on multicultural art programs. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Ceramics, College School Cooperation
Download full textRaywid, Mary Anne – 1994
In spite of a widespread commitment to the comprehensive high school, the nation has long had specialty or theme schools and schools that target particular children. Magnet schools, alternative schools, and Catholic schools illustrate that the idea of specialized schools is not new. Recently, the concept has received a boost from a study by the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Catholic Schools, Educational Practices, High Schools
Brown, John L.; Greenberg, James D. – 1989
This paper presents a special case of collaboration involving the University of Maryland and the Prince George's County public schools. This program has created a magnet school with a college preparatory curriculum and an instructional program designed to meet the needs of college-bound minority high school students of all ability levels and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Bound Students, College Preparation, College School Cooperation
de Acosta, Martha – 1996
The Cornerstone Project was developed to build a strong foundation for urban adolescent student learning through staff development and student leadership development. This report summarizes its implementation and objectives and considers the responses of students and teachers. The program was developed at the Martin Luther King Law and Public…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, High Risk Students, High School Students
Brock, Sharon L. – 1991
The Westport Business Technology Magnet High School completed its first year of operation as part of the Kansas City (Missouri) School District's Long-Range Magnet School Plan. The program was evaluated through classroom observations, enrollment rates and test scores, and surveys of 146 students, 49 teachers, and 217 parents. Program…
Descriptors: Business Education, Educational Cooperation, Enrollment Rate, Formative Evaluation
Fleming, Margaret, Ed.; And Others – 1979
A plan for a magnet school health careers program for 11th and 12th graders, intended to promote desegregation and provide improved educational opportunities for Cleveland students, is described in this proposal. Detailed descriptions cover staff requirements and qualifications, staff development plans, curriculum, and support activities. Included…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Design, Educational Opportunities, High Schools
Tokarska, Barbara; And Others – 1992
An ongoing study examined implementation and student response to academic career magnet (ACM) programs in New York City high schools. The programs emphasize both college preparation and career education, demonstrating one approach to the current emphasis on integrating academic and vocational education. New York City offers a wide array of magnet…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Administration, Educational Demand, Educational Supply
Direct linkAyalon, Aram – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2004
This article documents implementation and critically reflects upon the results of a partnership between a predominately white rural college and a multicultural urban school district. The partnership was intended both to recruit high school students of color from an urban school to teacher education and to encourage teacher candidates from a rural…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, College School Cooperation, Rural Areas, Minority Groups
Buckner, Edward M. – 1988
The Atlanta Public Schools (APS) system has magnet programs integrated into the instructional programs of 14 of its high schools. Each program has an instructional coordinator who reports to the principal of the school. Because the APS student body is overwhelmingly black, the programs do not have as a major goal increased racial or ethnic…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elective Courses, Enrichment, High School Students
