Magnet schools
Subject in Education
Magnet schools has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Daily. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Abigail Folds
Folds argues magnet schools gave children who cannot afford richer neighborhoods access to a different education.
“It gives an opportunity for some kids that can't afford to live in a richer area to have an education at maybe a different school”
The Daily: Public Schools Have a New Crisis: Not Enough Students (Nov 11, 2026) · Listen from 33:19
Gene Walker
Walker contends that Pittsburgh's magnet system was designed to retain middle-class white families through schools of choice.
“the magnet school system at its core was designed to keep middle class white families in the school district by creating these schools of choice”
The Daily: Public Schools Have a New Crisis: Not Enough Students (Nov 11, 2026) · Listen from 21:12
Podcasts
- The Daily · 1 episode
Episodes
Public Schools Have a New Crisis: Not Enough StudentsThe Daily · Nov 11, 2026 · 48 min
Natalie Kitroeff and education reporter Sarah Mervosh examine shrinking U.S. public school enrollment and Pittsburgh's controversial plan to close schools and end most magnet programs.