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The deadline to apply for magnet programs is approaching. Here are things to know before you apply.
MLEC has 26 different strands spread among five magnet academies. Although the school is not recognized as a magnet program by Miami-Dade County Public Schools, as it does not receive specialized magnet funding, the school retains the ability to require students to complete an application form, and may admit students from areas outside of traditional school boundaries.
MAST Academy is a magnet school under the governance of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The school's principal is Dr. Cadian Collman-Perez. U.S. News & World Report ranked MAST as the 42nd best high school in the nation as of 2015.
In 2005 it was named as having the best studio arts program of any high schools its size in the world. The interdisciplinary methods of the magnet arts and technology high school have also led to consistent student participation in the annual NAACP's "ACT-SO" (Afro-American Cultural and Technical Scientific Olympics) competitions. Students ...
Magnet Schools Assistance is a Federal grants program administered by the U.S. Department of Education.The program is designed to help desegregate public schools. The program is defined in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, in Section 5301, though the program itself was developed in the early 1980s to address de facto racism through funds given to school distracts that were ...
This second type of magnet can often take the form of "a school within a school," meaning that the school may have no competitive admissions for the majority of the school population, and even the magnet program itself may not have fully competitive admissions. This is consistent with the equity-based objectives of such programs.
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HSLJ is an all-magnet high school that has Houston ISD's magnet program for law enforcement and criminal justice. Children from surrounding neighborhoods are not automatically eligible for HSLJ; pupils in the surrounding area are zoned to Wheatley High School. Prospective students are required to take a test for admission.