Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Learning Environments Where are all the "gifted magnets" located?

I keep hearing the words "gifted magnets" while referring to public schools. There is no such thing where I live (in Northern California) - we have "alternative program" schools which tend to be more academically focused and entry is based on lotteries rather than giftedness.
I keep thinking that living in an area with a "gifted magnet" school would be great. So, where in the US are these schools located? (of course, I know about the Davidson Institute). Does any parent on this forum send their kids to these schools?

There's really no connection between the terms "gifted" and "magnet". They are two completely different things.

There is a list of "exam schools" at http://www.usnews.com/education/blo...-fared-in-the-best-high-schools-rankings . Some schools not on that list that come to mind are Stuyvesant and the Bronx High School of Science. Some private schools such as Phillips Exeter are free for low-income students who get in. There is a strong correlation between IQ and academic achievement, and there are many more schools that screen for achievement than will explicitly say they are screening for IQ.

There is this one in Dallas - it is a public school:

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Resources_id_14224.aspx

If you go to this link and look for "Public" there is a bunch of stuff:
http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/browse_by_topic_resources.aspx

Charlotte, North Carolina; they are magnet programs with the requirement of gifted certification to attend. After qualifying, the magnets still have lotteries as some schools are more popular than others, but the district seems willing expand to fit demand. There are six elementaries with partial gifted magnets and one highly gifted partial magnet. There are two gifted charter schools in the area also.

I'm in northern California, too. There's a gifted magnet called North Star Academy in Redwood City. Its website is thin on details. A review on greatschools.org damned it with faint praise by noting that "the kids have to test in, which weeds out low performers."

I knew someone whose son attended. Lots of homework, and (at the time, a few years ago), and attitude that "they're all the same until after third grade, anyway" when speaking of giftedness and gifted kids.

My school district has a clustered gifted program (it's not called a magnet) for highly gifted students. I think that Seattle and Lake Washington also have similar programs, but I don't know much about them.

Magnet schools can cater to particular population (low income, minority, etc..) and gifted students too. Some big cities have public school with magnet program for gifties.

Dallas- School for gifted and Talented and and a dozen more schools
Austin- LASA for High School and 2 middle schools
Houston- Carnigie Vanguard and a few others
http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/75080

And a few more here
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/national-rankings/magnet-school-rankings

Traditionally, the primary purpose of "magnet" schools has been to manipulate racial statistics.

Let's not single out magnet schools unfairly. In some places, neighborhood schools are not much different. A primary purpose of residential zoning laws, in my town and others with expensive housing, is to keep out low-income people, which certainly affects the "racial statistics".