Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Pedagogy - School System, Educational and School Politics, grade: 100, East Carolina University, course: Educational Leadership: Organizational Management, language: English, abstract: This paper explores the concept of public magnet schools. Research included in this paper explains what a magnet school is as well as what the purpose of having them is. A brief history of magnet schools in the United States is provided through Magnet Schools of America. There are also a variety of types of magnet schools as well as misconceptions about magnet schools that will be addressed by evidence from research. There is also data about the performance of magnet schools, the steps to how a school becomes a magnet school, and the effects of magnet schools in the state of North Carolina.