Comments on: Who gets in to magnet schools? http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/who-gets-in-to-magnet-schools/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: uberVU - social comments http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/who-gets-in-to-magnet-schools/#comment-52319 uberVU - social comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:42:20 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12041#comment-52319 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by kriley19: Joanne Jacobs: Who gets in to magnet schools? http://bit.ly/475YaM Full http://bit.ly/2HH94i... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Crimson Wife http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/who-gets-in-to-magnet-schools/#comment-52318 Crimson Wife Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:00:32 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12041#comment-52318 I don't think that there should be a sibling preference except as a tiebreaker. One of the things that really bothered me when I was looking at schools for my oldest is how few slots were available to non-siblings. At some schools, 90+% of the slots were filled by siblings of current students. I don’t think that there should be a sibling preference except as a tiebreaker. One of the things that really bothered me when I was looking at schools for my oldest is how few slots were available to non-siblings. At some schools, 90+% of the slots were filled by siblings of current students.

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]]> By: tim-10-ber http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/who-gets-in-to-magnet-schools/#comment-52316 tim-10-ber Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:55:12 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12041#comment-52316 Our district did away with quotas into the academic magnets eons ago as the seats held for the blacks (only true minority at that time) went unfilled and highly qualified whites could not get in. Now, the magnets reflect the racial make up our city -- seems right. However, since no transportation other than public (no yellow buses) is offered the magnets do not have the poorest students in a large amount. This needs to change as the economics tend to be middle and upper middle as they are the families that can make arrangements to get their kids to these inner city schools. We do have minimum academic requirements which I believe need to be raised due to educators horrible use of grade inflation...and the weakness of the TCAP... Our district did away with quotas into the academic magnets eons ago as the seats held for the blacks (only true minority at that time) went unfilled and highly qualified whites could not get in. Now, the magnets reflect the racial make up our city — seems right. However, since no transportation other than public (no yellow buses) is offered the magnets do not have the poorest students in a large amount. This needs to change as the economics tend to be middle and upper middle as they are the families that can make arrangements to get their kids to these inner city schools.

We do have minimum academic requirements which I believe need to be raised due to educators horrible use of grade inflation…and the weakness of the TCAP…

]]> By: Lou Gots http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/who-gets-in-to-magnet-schools/#comment-52315 Lou Gots Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:51:38 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12041#comment-52315 Allen beat me to it. No doubt about it in Philadelphia. Insiders, people with a hook. Allen beat me to it. No doubt about it in Philadelphia. Insiders, people with a hook.

]]> By: allen http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/who-gets-in-to-magnet-schools/#comment-52314 allen Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:23:26 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12041#comment-52314 Ah yes, the district schools which actually practice the selective enrollment policies which charters are charged. I wonder if there'll ever be enough honesty in the district system to make "political influence" one of the enrollment criteria? Ah yes, the district schools which actually practice the selective enrollment policies which charters are charged. I wonder if there’ll ever be enough honesty in the district system to make “political influence” one of the enrollment criteria?

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