What Goes into a Magnet School Program?

February 28, 2019July 18, 2019 Goodwin College

Magnet schools have been around for many years in the United States, and have evolved immensely since they first came to be. Magnet school programs first developed roots in the 1960s as a way to desegregate publics schools and push for educational… Read more...

CTRA, Magnet Schools

What are the Habits of Mind?

November 2, 2017December 11, 2018 Goodwin College

Connecticut River Academy trains young minds in a modern way. Do you remember your high school teachers, drilling you with repetition? Testing the number of answers you could memorize? Expecting you to reproduce knowledge on-demand? We now teach differently. At Connecticut River… Read more...

Magnet Schools, Riverside

Riverside Elementary Magnet School at Goodwin College

August 26, 2015 Goodwin College

A Riverside Magnet School mother was initially attracted to the Riverside Magnet School at Goodwin College primarily because of its Reggio Emilia philosophy. She quickly found that this magnet school well-exceeded her expectations. Read more...