RESOURCES

(personal blog - an interesting perspective) ||  || [] ||  || Middle Class is strong predictor of success || "But the social science research going back to the Coleman Report in the 1960s has consistently found, time and time again, that the single most important factor driving school quality is the socioeconomic status of the student body." (Kahlenberg, R., para. 8) ||  || Lose focus and lose attraction. || "The key to a successful magnet system, retired Hot Springs Superintendent Roy Rowe says, is “keeping the focus of the theme alive within the school because once the theme of the school is lost, the magnet concept dies." Roy Rowe, Supt. Hot Springs, Arkansas schools ||  || multiple factors || Planning, implementing, and sustaining success See page 15 ||  ||
 * ===MAGNET ORGANIZATION=== ||  || Summary ||
 * US Department of Education Creating Successful Magnet Schools Programs report || [[file:US_DOE_MAGNET REPORT.pdf]] ||  ||
 * US Department of Education, Creating and Sustaining Successful K-8 Magnet Schools || [[file:USDOE_2_magnetk-8.pdf]] ||  ||
 * ===MAGNET BACKGROUND=== ||  ||   ||
 * Choice that Works - American School Board article || [[file:Choice that Works_School Board Article.pdf]] ||  ||
 * Pulling Students In - American School Board article || [[file:PULLING STUDENTS IN_Am School Board.pdf]] ||  ||
 * another thought on "what is right" || []
 * Choice that Works - American School Board article || [[file:Choice that Works_School Board Article.pdf]] ||  ||
 * Pulling Students In - American School Board article || [[file:PULLING STUDENTS IN_Am School Board.pdf]] ||  ||
 * another thought on "what is right" || []
 * ===THEMES=== ||  ||   ||
 * Montessori School - K-8 - Pierpoint - Chicago || [[file:Pierpoint_k-8_Chicago Montessori.pdf]] ||  ||
 * Environmental Learning || * [[file:Environmental Learning.pdf]]
 * []
 * [|The Jason Project]
 * [|Journey North]
 * [] ||  ||
 * Leadership - M. C. Combs School - Raleigh, NC || [|Combs School] ||  ||
 * Fine Arts Interdisciplinary school - FAIR- Crystal, MN || [|FAIR] ||  ||
 * Math and Science - Mabel Hoggard - Las Vegas, NV || [|Mabel Hoggard Math and Science Elementary School Magnet] ||  ||
 * Museum - Normal Park -Chattanooga, TN || [|Normal Park Museum School] ||  ||
 * Spanish/English Two-way Immersion - River Glen - San Jose, CA || [|River Glenn Elementary and Middle School: Spanish/English Two-Way Immersion Eduational Program] ||  ||
 * Elementary Magnet Themes || [|Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet]
 * Museum - Normal Park -Chattanooga, TN || [|Normal Park Museum School] ||  ||
 * Spanish/English Two-way Immersion - River Glen - San Jose, CA || [|River Glenn Elementary and Middle School: Spanish/English Two-Way Immersion Eduational Program] ||  ||
 * Elementary Magnet Themes || [|Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet]
 * ===Magnet Success Factors=== || Opinions offered by those with magnet experience. ||  ||
 * [|Socioeconomic Integration]
 * ===Magnet Success Factors=== || Opinions offered by those with magnet experience. ||  ||
 * [|Socioeconomic Integration]
 * ===Magnet Success Factors=== || Opinions offered by those with magnet experience. ||  ||
 * [|Socioeconomic Integration]
 * [|Socioeconomic Integration]
 * [|Focus on theme]
 * [|USDOE:]