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A School for Healing: Alternative Strategies for Teaching At-Risk Students

Book by Rosa L. Kennedy, Jerome H. Morton; Peter Lang, 1999

Subjects:

Alternative Schools--United States--Case Studies, High School Dropouts--Education--United States--Case Studies, Socially Handicapped Youth--Education--United States--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...about the early years of the school, our intent is to show how the school evolved over a ten-year...want us." The Center for Alternative Learning had been in existence...plan, as superintendent of schools, to provide a place for senior...system to complete their high school diploma. Dr. Dale was...
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Schools for Growth: Radical Alternatives to Current Educational Models

Book by Lois Holzman; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997

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Alternative Education--United States--Case Studies, Alternative Schools--United States--Case Studies, Developmental Psychology--United States--Case Studies, Learning, Psychology Of--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...CHEAT . The Barbara Taylor School laboratory was housed on one...four times a month there is a school trip. Some are planned...Occasionally, students from other schools spend the day at the Barbara Taylor School, for example, a group of...refusers" from a Japanese alternative school and a special education...
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Private Schools and the Public Good: Policy Alternatives for the Eighties

Book by Edward McGlynn Gaffney Jr.; University of Notre Dame Press, 1981

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Private Schools--United States--Congresses

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...six generations the Catholic schools have educated the children...characterization of parochial schools as racist and elitist is simply...damage to the countrys public schools." And the Times said...previously was simply an adjunct school system has emerged as possibly an alternative school system, and that has...
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Alternatives in Education: Critical Pedagogy for Disaffected Youth

Book by Greg S. Goodman; Peter Lang, 1999

Subjects:

Alternative Education--United States--Case Studies, Alternative Schools--United States--Case Studies, Critical Pedagogy--United States--Case Studies, Problem Youth--Education--United States--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...The public opinion about the alternative school is key to its credibility...should be the goal of every alternative school to be the very best in its...will be the demise of the school. An alternative school cannot succeed unless...
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High Schools in Crisis: What Every Parent Should Know

Book by Ellen Hall, Richard Handley; Praeger, 2004

Subjects:

Alternative Schools--United States, Education, Secondary--Parent Participation--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...their needs met in a good alternative school. A parent may wonder what an alternative school really is. Although we will...section, each alternative school is unique and should be looked...DeKalb County, Georgia, school system, described alternative schools in an article titled: Ask...

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Journal Articles on: alternative school

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The Influence of Peer Status and Peer Relationships on School-related Behaviors, Attitudes, and Intentions among Alternative High School Students

Journal article by Diana D. Coyl, Randall M. Jones, Andrew J. Dick; American Secondary Education, Vol. 32, 2004

Subjects:

Alternative education, Attitudes, Behavior, Peer relationships, Secondary school students

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...important. This high school was structured...similar to other alternative schools. In incorporated...from peers at the alternative school were better than...traditional high schools. Students at...especially true in an alternative high school setting. Our...successful alternative schools should encourage...
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A Kappan Special Section on Alternative Schools: Reflections of an Alternative School Administrator

Journal article by Jay Mcgee; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 82, 2001

Subjects:

Alternative education--Management, Alternative schools--Officials and employees, School administrators--Attitudes

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...not to list the school on job applications...be employed. If alternative schools are to present true alternatives to the larger school setting, if they...schools, traditional schools, programs for students...many other types of alternative programs. Alternatives are needed for elementary, middle school, and high school...
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"Hear My Voice:" Alternative High School Students' Perceptions and Implications for School Change

Journal article by Patrice de La Ossa; American Secondary Education, Vol. 34, 2005

Subjects:

Alternative education, Children & youth, Data analysis, Documentary films, Educational psychology, Learning, Magnet schools, Parents & parenting, Qualitative research, School attendance, School environment, Secondary school students, Studies

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Hear My Voice:" Alternative High School Students Perceptions and Implications for School Change by Patrice de...do alternative high schools approach meeting the...characteristics of alternative schools, the insight I gained...challenges regarding school change for the public...
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A Kappan Special Section on Alternative Schools: Fear of Success? Ten Ways Alternative Schools Pull Their Punches

Journal article by Tom Gregory; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 82, 2001

Subjects:

Alternative education--Analysis, Alternative schools--Management, School improvement programs--Analysis

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...information about an alternative school for those students...conventional schools to publicize alternatives. If large...of entry. Alternative schools sometimes have...Enrollment in the school is often seen...another school. Alternatives solve a problem...comprehensive high schools. When shaping...graduate from an alternative school. As a result...policies, alternatives must occasionally...
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Urban American Indian Students in a Nonpunitive Alternative High School

Journal article by Rhonda B. Jeffries, Mary Hollowell, Tamara Powell; American Secondary Education, Vol. 32, 2004

Subjects:

Alternative education, Milwaukee Wisconsin, Native North Americans, Native education, Secondary school students

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Eagle High School is an alternative school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...entirely different public school, one characterized by its...youth in mainstream urban schools. Other characteristics...and crumbling overcrowded schools are all too common. Many...several decades ago, high school dropouts could obtain jobs...imprisoned. Therefore, radical alternatives to mainstream schools are...

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Magazine Articles on: alternative school

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The Effectiveness of a Solution-focused, Public Alternative School for Dropout Prevention and Retrieval

Magazine article by Cynthia Franklin, Calvin L. Streeter, Johnny S. Kim, Stephen J. Tripodi; Children & Schools, Vol. 29, July 2007

Subjects:

Alternative education, Data bases, Effectiveness studies, Extracurricular activities, Intervention, Public schools, School districts, School dropouts, Secondary school students, Social workers, Teachers, Vocational education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...2000). One public school approach that has...preventing high school dropout is alternative schools for at-risk students...study can do so. School policymakers and...modified criteria for alternative schools and re-evaluating...
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Making the Case for an Africentric Alternative School

Magazine article by Grace-Edward Galabuzi; Our Schools, Our Selves, Vol. 17, Spring 2008

Subjects:

Alternative education, Black students, School systems, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Ontario Canada

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...only school or even a Black school, but a school with an Africentric curriculum...anyone who wants to attend such a school and qualifies based on transparent...criteria - not unlike all other alternative schools. It will have teachers of all...
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Alternative Schooling for Troubled Youth in Rural Communities

Magazine article by Eugene P. Linton; School Administrator, Vol. 57, February 2000

Subjects:

Alternative schools--Planning, Education, Rural--Management, School management and organization--Analysis, Schools--Planning

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Alternative Schooling for Troubled...in traditional high schools is becoming more difficult...rural America, where school administrators are faced...county in the state), school districts are experiencing...fit in the traditional school setting. Many of the...these students, our schools have joined forces with...
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An Alternative School Voucher System

Magazine article by Russell L. Ackoff; Technos: Quarterly for Education and Technology, Vol. 10, Spring 2001

Subjects:

Alternative schools--Management, Education--Management, Educational vouchers--Management

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...specialization. For example, special schools or programs for retarded or...to become familiar with the alternative schools available. Each community...provide information that enables school users to make intelligent...described here, individual schools would clearly be more responsive...
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Montessori Learning Aid: Alternative School Shows Impact on Poor Children

Magazine article by B. Bower; Science News, Vol. 170, September 30, 2006

Subjects:

Alternative schools--Services, Else-Quest, Nicole--Services, Lillard, Angeline--Services, Montessori method of education--Forecasts and trends, Montessori method--Forecasts and trends, Poor children--Educational aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Montessori Learning Aid: Alternative School Shows Impact on Poor...started an innovative school for children 4 to 7...those produced by other schools. By the end of kindergarten...at public and private schools on standardized math...the end of elementary school, 12-year-old Montessori...

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Newspaper Articles on: alternative school

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School Pilot Scheme Offers Face-to-Face Counselling and Alternative Therapies to Stressed-Out Pupils

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 9, 2007

Subjects:

Alternative medicine, Stress management

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

School Pilot Scheme Offers Face-to-Face Counselling and Alternative Therapies to Stressed...alternative therapies at school to help them deal with...running at five secondary schools as well as primary school after-school clubs in...
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Keep Alternative Schools at the Heart of Education Options

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), November 26, 2010

Subjects:

Instructional materials, School districts, Teaching--Equipment and supplies

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...student diversity within schools. In other districts, a primary function of alternative schools is the diversification...applies in the Eugene School District. Buena Vista...expand them, including alternative schools. Alternative language...follow them, into the school district that would...
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Alternative Schools Breed Inequity

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), December 26, 2010

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School districts

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...students) while alternative schools do not." Schools...are not. At a school board work session...neighborhood schools. It is the only instance where an alternative school is more integrated...neighborhood schools. Only 22.8...
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Alternative School Serves Wide Range of Needs

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), March 2, 2008

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School districts

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Alternative School Serves Wide Range of Needs. Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT...David Sokoloff The Register-Guard Eastside Elementary School is one of the Eugene School Districts finest schools and has been a cornerstone of its school choice system...
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Next Up for Review: Alternative Middle Schools

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), September 18, 2008

Subjects:

Mesas, Middle schools

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...teacher Ray Gross and Kay Mehas, director of school services for K-8, will also assess the impact of the alternative programs on the schools at large. The middle school programs are not separate schools, as is the case with the alternative elementary...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: alternative school

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Charter School

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CHARTER SCHOOL alternative type of American public school...local regulations. A charter school has a greater degree of freedom...than the traditional public school, and students attend it by choice. Each school is granted a renewable charter...five years. The aim of these schools is to increase learning opportunities...
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Home Schooling

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...children in the home as an alternative to attending public or private elementary or high school. In most cases, one or both...teachers. Like the charter school movement, home schooling...disenchantment with conventional public schools. Home schooling may also...religious beliefs. The home school movement has, however, always...
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Intelligent Design

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...design have campaigned to have it taught in U.S. public schools alongside the Darwinian theory of evolution. A requirement by the Dover, Pa., area school board that students be told that intelligent design represents an alternative explanation for the origin of life was challenged in federal...
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Mathematics

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Aristotle , and by the schools associated with them...problems by proposing alternative methods to those...associated with the school of Alexandria. The...second Alexandrian school of the Roman period...the century. Rival schools of thought grew up...
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Guidance and Counseling

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...institutions, especially schools, should promote the...a great increase in school enrollment. These two...methods of secondary schools, with special reference...revised to embrace these alternative cultural and vocational...the public secondary schools and established a testing...employees. Modern high school guidance programs also...

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