Voluntary magnet plans depend on incentives rather than compulsion to integrate

Evidence

The other form of magnet schooling is the voluntary-magnet plan. Under these circumstances, initial racial balance may not be achieved as quickly because some parents may choose to continue the enrollment of their child in their neighborhood school rather than sending them to a magnet school. The voluntary form of magnet schools depends on providing the parents and students with incentives to attend a desegregated school. — Marcy Crouch, Magnet Schools and Other Means of…, 38

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the voluntary-magnet model by contrast with the mandatory one: slower balance, incentive-driven participation.