Education Week: Backers of Magnet Schools Question Charter Push

Magnet schools only accept the BEST and the BRIGHTEST are are not open enrollment establishments, creating a private school within a public school system. These schools get whatever they desire and $100's of millions of public money for facilities funding.

Charter schools have open enrollment on a first come first serve basis of space available. They receive no funding for facilities and are required to become non-profits to to apply for grants and donations for their very existence.

Charters and magnets are still required to follow all the same accountability rules of engagement for being mirror images of existing traditional school models. Innovation and creativity is limited to only extra-curricular activities.

To truly offer choice options a school needs academic autonomy to cater to their individual students. The No Child Left Behind has precluded this from ever becoming a reality.

Education Week: Backers of Magnet Schools Question Charter Push