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Rashman, Mary – 1979
Examined in this report are problems connected with school desegregation. Particular attention is given to the fact that, while many rural schools have been successfully desegregated in the past decade, the majority of blacks and Hispanics who live in large cities remain in racially isolated schools. Causes and feasibility of metropolitan school…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Magnet Schools
Straub, Alicia, Comp. – 1997
This annotated bibliography of articles and books related to school choice contains 94 annotations. Included are research reviews, case studies, analyses of policy and practice, collections of studies and articles, reports on research conducted in particular school districts, and arguments in support of and against school choice. Various forms of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Charter Schools, Citations (References), Educational Change
Fuller, Bruce; Burr, Elizabeth; Huerta, Luis; Puryear, Susan; Wexler, Edward – 1999
School choice, as one avenue toward educational reform, must be placed in context, according to this brief policy analysis. Prepared mainly for policymakers in California and stressing implications for public education in California, the report briefly discusses five samples of school choice: (1) magnet schools; (2) charter schools; (3) open…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Charter Schools, Economics of Education
Bowen, Blannie E.; And Others – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1990
The theme of these six articles is the recruitment of minority and nontraditional students into vocational education. It includes success stories regarding schools recruiting Black and Hispanic youth; methods for teaching nontraditional students; a discussion of the history of the land grant university program; magnet schools; cooperative…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Blacks, Extension Education

Weller, Herman G.; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1995
Discussion of hypermedia-based instruction focuses on studies of eighth-grade junior high school students that investigated differences in cognitive style during information-seeking behavior and learning, the effect of social context (collaborative versus individual study), and the effects of magnet school students' self-regulation of study time.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction

Gabel, Dorothy; And Others – Science Teacher, 1992
Chemistry can be described on three levels: sensory, molecular, and symbolic. Proposes a particle approach to teaching chemistry that uses magnets to aid students construct molecular models and solve particle problems. Includes examples of Johnstone's model of chemistry phenomena, a problem worksheet, and a student concept mastery sheet. (MDH)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Magnets

Rios, Francisco A. – Urban Education, 1993
Identifies qualitative differences in how four teachers in an urban multicultural high school think about classroom events based on their differing conceptions of multicultural education. Results indicate that the teachers' thinking about multicultural education is a factor that contributes to differences in their attributions and principles of…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences, Educational Attitudes
Ayalon, 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
Jassey, William – 1995
The Center for Japanese Study Abroad (CJSA) is a Japanese immersion and study abroad program implemented as a magnet program at inner-city Brien MacMahon High School in Norwalk, Connecticut. The program is supported by a grant from the state department of education. Attended by 60-70 students from high schools in southern Fairfield County…
Descriptors: Art Education, Economics Education, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Smith, Michael S. – 1991
This paper describes the experiences of a teacher and a curriculum helper in designing and implementing a fifth grade language arts curriculum at an inner city, magnet school in Indianapolis (Indiana). The report describes the work in three phases: (1) making explicit the problems with the previous language arts curriculum; (2) formulating a plan…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Curriculum, Grade 5
Texas Univ., Austin. Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. – 1992
This report on the education of minorities results from policy research projects conducted at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at Texas University (Austin) as part of the Quality Education for Minorities project to provide background research for development of a national action plan on improving the quality of education for Alaska…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Black Education
Thacker, Peter – 1992
In 1989, the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools received a grant to create an elementary arts magnet school and to enhance magnet programs at four other schools in Portland (Oregon). The Portland Magnet Program emphasized improvements in programing, marketing, and articulation between magnet programs, allowing the schools to purchase…
Descriptors: Art Education, Computer Uses in Education, Desegregation Plans, Educational Technology
Clay, Phyllis L. – 1991
The third implementation year of foreign language magnet programs in two elementary schools in the school district of Kansas City, Missouri, is evaluated. The schools, New West and Melcher, each had site task forces to develop planning outlines, which emphasized the teaching of foreign language to students and the exposure of students to foreign…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Enrollment, Evaluation Criteria
Cleveland Public Schools, OH. – 1993
VISION 21 uses community and staff input and the most current thought on reform in education to create the schools Cleveland wants. The full implementation of its plans will result in a quality education for all the city's children. This document provides the framework within which VISION 21 was developed, the planning process used in its…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Black Students, Curriculum Development
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1989
The purpose of this curriculum guide is to help teachers implement the Alabama Course of Study: Science. The major emphasis of the guide is to provide student-oriented, hands-on activities that engage students in "sciencing" behaviors. This guide has to major components, the table of contents and the activities. The table of contents…
Descriptors: Animals, Astronomy, Career Awareness, Chemistry