To "choice into"

[Laurence Horn]

On May 8, 2014, at 12:26 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> Another possible origin?  Going back a long time in the New York City
> public school system --apparently to the 1930s -- there have been a
> few high schools (early ones were Bronx Science; Music and Art;
> Stuyvesant) that students could choose to attend outside their
> district -- provided they were selected (accepted) by those
> schools.  I don't recall whether these schools were actually called
> "choice schools", but it seems possible.
>
> For today's system, see Wikipedia, "Specialized high schools in New York City".
>
> Joel

Also elementary schools, e.g. my alma mater Hunter College Elementary School, then at 69th and Park.  It's been around since 1940 but I can't recall it being referred to as a Choice School, either then or at reunions I've attended reunions (yes, we've had reunions of the sixth grade class of '56).

LH

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> At 5/8/2014 10:45 AM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
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>> I think the concept of "school choice" led to proponents being called
>> "choicers", which recently has led to the verb form "to choice" for the act
>> of choosing a school other than the geographically-assigned public school.
>>
>> AFAIK, "school choice" today refers to the wide variety of alternative
>> schools, from voucher systems to magnet schools to home schooling. It will
>> mean different things in different states.
>>
>> DanG
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>> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Lisa Galvin <lisagal23 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> > I came across this today while transcribing an interview with a parent=2C
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>> > hen asked where their child attended elementary school:  "We have choiced
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>> > nto (name of school)."=20
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>> > I knew we had what are known as "choice schools" (the exact definition
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>> > l eludes me but I think they are schools  in the public school system here
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>> > in the US that have specific programs or offerings)=2C but I wasn't clear
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>> > rom the context of the interview if this term referred to the act of
>> > gettin=
>> > g your child to attend an official "choice school"=2C or if this is now a
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>> > eneral term (among parents and educators?) for getting your child into any
>> > =
>> > public school you wish them to attend.=20
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>> > Has anyone heard or read this? So far Google isn't revealing much. I came
>> > a=
>> > cross a few online discussion threads that contained the usage=2C but
>> > that'=
>> > s about it.
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>> > Lisa Galvin
>> > Shoreline=2C WA USA
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