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What is Magnet Schools
Magnet schools are public schools for elementary and secondary education. While magnet schools are intended to serve as models for turning around a district, they do so using a combination of federal, state, and local funds. The most notable of which is the Magnet Schools Assistance Program. MSAP is a grant designed to help with the desegregation of schools. The purpose is to integrate students in an effort to reduce or otherwise end the isolation of minority groups in communities. This effort is partnered with a plan that works to correct what are seen as systemic problems in education standards and thus provide students with the educational challenges to succeed academically and beyond. MSAP works with other grant programs like Title I, Voluntary Public School Choice, and Advanced Placement to further refine the magnet school so that it continues to develop new magnet schools or reform