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The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, a public live-in high school

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Re: The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, a public live-in high school

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Post by thrownaway2424 »

Hey look, a rare opportunity to complain about my home state on HN on two consecutive days! There is a similar school in Oklahoma called the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics. The legislature founded the school in 1990 and has been systematically trying to defund it ever since[1].

IMSA and OSSM were founded around the same time, are of similar size, history, and philosophy. They are also both members of amazingly-named National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology. If you're looking for a school like this in your area, you should start there[2].

1: http://www.reddirtreport.com/red-dirt-news/ossm-only-adequat...

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Consortium_for_Specia...

Re: The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, a public live-in high school

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Post by troutwine »

thrownaway2424 wrote: post #2

Hey look, a rare opportunity to complain about my home state on HN on two consecutive days! There is a similar school in Oklahoma called the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics. The legislature founded the school in 1990 and has been systematically trying to defund it ever since[1]. IMSA and OSSM were founded around the same time, are of similar size, history, and philosophy. They are also both members of amaz…

Missouri also has a MASMC, which I believe was copied from the Illinois model.

It was a fine schooling model, significantly better than my public school experience. Some students did have emotional trouble with moving away from home at fifteen.

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Post by thenobsta »

mixedmath wrote: post #6
joe5150 wrote: post #3

By "Hogwarts" they mean "a school"?

I suppose they mean "a boarding school." Actually, they repeatedly call it a "live-in school." Is there a difference between a live-in school and a boarding school?

Maybe they are trying to distinguish it conceptually from the private boarding school.

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Post by qiqing »

mixedmath wrote: post #6
joe5150 wrote: post #3

By "Hogwarts" they mean "a school"?

I suppose they mean "a boarding school." Actually, they repeatedly call it a "live-in school." Is there a difference between a live-in school and a boarding school?

Most IMSA kids I knew went home to their parents on the weekends, every weekend.

Most boarding school kids I knew only went 'home' for summer, winter holidays, spring break, etc.

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Post by gypsy_heretic »

thrownaway2424 wrote: post #2

Hey look, a rare opportunity to complain about my home state on HN on two consecutive days! There is a similar school in Oklahoma called the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics. The legislature founded the school in 1990 and has been systematically trying to defund it ever since[1]. IMSA and OSSM were founded around the same time, are of similar size, history, and philosophy. They are also both members of amaz…

There's also an Alabama School of Math and Science (asms.net). It's a veritable sanctuary in Alabama for intellectuals.
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