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New Jersey also has an excellent practices of magnet schools at the county level. So that even if you are in a poorer school district you can go study and apply
by ecshafer 5y ago
New Jersey also has an excellent practices of magnet schools at the county level. So that even if you are in a poorer school district you can go study and apply for a magnet school at the county that is better and more focused on high academic schools. These schools focus on basically college level education for their area in health care, biochem, technology, arts, etc. with many AP courses. The normal public schools are also good in NJ with a solid baseline, but the magnet schools open up access to what would otherwise be private specialized schools to all income levels.
- texaslonghorn5 5y agoMagnet schools benefit the individual student but they are a bit problematic for many schools because they pick off the highest performers and whoever is willing to do the work to get admitted / physically drive to the magnet. And then the home school quality goes down and that hurts everyone else who isn't among the small group at the magnet.
- nemo44x 5y agoOne thing I notice in NJ is that although there are plenty of private schools and academy's, you still see a lot of people in multi-million dollar homes paying 60k a year in property taxes sending their kids to the public high school. Even the most progressive mother wouldn't do that if the schools weren't at least up to snuff at offering the curriculum that can get their kids into "good" universites.