The Features of the Magnet School System:A Comparison with Educational Vouchers and Tax Credits
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The main aim of this paper is to analyze the reasons why the magnet school system is more attractive than other choice-based systems, i.e. educational voucher and tax credit systems for tuition.<BR>Offering a distinctive curriculum based on a special theme or method of instruction, magnet schools are attractive to both parents and children. They now constitute a form of choice among public-sector schools, but originally emerged as a spontaneous response to "forced busing".<BR>Compared to educational voucher and tax credit systems, the clear merits of the magnet school system are as follows:(1) While educational voucher and tax credit systems are attractive to middle-class parents because they reduce tax liability for those choosing private schools, magnet schools with their aim of offering desegregated education were introduced in a planned way by school districts. They are therefore able to avoid the danger of benefiting only white middle-class families and are supported by a broad range of races and social classes.<BR>(2) Because magnet schools are controled by school boards, there is no danger of confusion arising as a result of school choice, in other words, there is no danger of the school closing because of insufficient pupils or because of dependency on a single source of income as with educational vouchers.<BR>(3) Magnet schools benefit from close and co-operative relationships between boards of education, teachers and community groups in a way that other schools do not. These good relationships lead to better school administration and a favorable climate.<BR>In conclusion, the magnet school system is expected to accomplish its aims of equality and the pursuit of excellence. However, there are still problems. There is a danger that the magnet schools will create differences between one public-sector school and other in terms of the education that pupils receive or that differences will arise in the pursuit of desegregation or the pursuit of quality as a result of differences in the 'magnet themes'.
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