History

In the Press:

• • Magnet Switches Blair High Image to Positive; Math, Science Classes Help Right Md. School's Racial Balance, Washington Post (June 28, 1989)

  • Blair's Whiz Kids, Washington Post (October 3, 1991)

  • In a Minority District in Maryland, A Magnet School That Really Draws, New York Times (March 3, 1993)

  • The Wiz, Washington Post (June 13, 1993)

  • Intel Finalists on NBC Nightly News (March 9, 1999)

  • Secrets of One of America's Best High Schools (Internet Archive), ASEE PRISM (September 1999)

  • Montgomery Blair's Secrets of Success, Washington Post (November 14, 1999)

  • Beyond Black and White, Washington Post (April 4, 2004)

  • Aptitude Aplenty, Washington Post (July 31, 2005)

  • Montgomery Students Protest Cuts to Magnets, Washington Post (April 22, 2008)

  • Montgomery Blair High School struts its science stuff, Washington Post (May 6, 2016)

  • Serving the Math Whiz Kids, Education Next (Fall 2019)

Academic Reports:

• • Survey of Magnet Experiences - a 2020 survey of recent alumni

  • Influences of the Magnet - a 2002 project by Elizabeth Green '02

  • Fighting Segregation With Diversity: School Integration and Residential Segregation in Montgomery County, MD (pdf) - a 2006 report by Ted Jou '99

  • Montgomery Blair Science, Mathematics and Computer Science Magnet Program: A Successful Model for Meeting the Needs of Highly Able STEM Learners (Gifted Child Today) - a 2016 report by Magnet teacher David Stein, Magnet coordinator Peter Ostrander, and G. Maie Lee.

Articles on Magnet History:

• Founding a Foundation (Spring 2009)

• The Class of 1989: First Class (Summer 2009)

  • The First Magnet Coordinators: The Magnet Evolves (Fall 2009)

  • Magnet 25th Anniversary Reunion (Winter 2010)

  • The Blair Magnet's Science Talent Search Success (Winter 2017)

  • The Magnet Through the Ages (Summer 2017)

  • The Magnet Foundation (Winter 2019)

In Memoriam: Members of the Magnet family who have left us