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Books on: alternative schooling and troubled youth

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Working with Troubled Youth in Schools: A Guide for All School Staff

Book by Garrett Mcauliffe; Bergin and Garvey, 2002

Subjects:

Youth With Social Disabilities--Education--United States

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

This work presents a practical guide to creating effective, school-based responses to the difficult problem of dealing with troubled youth in schools, based on an "ecological" approach to collaboration among school professionals and community members. The two themes of "prevention" and "connection" ...
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This work presents a practical guide to creating effective, school-based responses to the difficult problem of dealing with troubled youth in schools, based on an "ecological" approach to collaboration among school professionals and community members. The two themes of "prevention" and "connection" pervade the practices that are described in this timely contribution.
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Work, Youth, and Schooling: Historical Perspectives on Vocationalism in American Education

Book by Harvey Kantor, David B. Tyack; Stanford University Press, 1982

Subjects:

Industry And Education--United States--Congresses, Vocational Education--United States--Congresses

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...every child and youth, measured in terms...blind-alley employment troubled some advocates of...mobility by means of schooling, not economic equality...the concern about youth unemployment and...Attempt to Combine Schooling and Work" Stanford...for the Study of Youth Development, n.d...
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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

Greg S. Goodman currently works with at-risk youth as a school psychologist and teaches at California State University, Fresno.
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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

...some of that pattern doesnt affect my schooling now. During my first four years of school...she was recommended to the Center for Alternative Learning, she once again became the...teaming up in gangs or becoming part of a youth movement with a distinctive subculture...
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The Cheers and the Tears: A Healthy Alternative to the Dark Side of Youth Sports Today

Book by Shane Murphy; Jossey-Bass, 1999

Subjects:

Sports For Children--Social Aspects--United States, Sports For Children--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...motivations of parents involved in youth sports. Bonding with...demands of work, home life, schooling, social and community activities...For many parents, organized youth sports programs are a superior alternative to having their child spend...

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Journal Articles on: alternative schooling and troubled youth

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Serving Troubled Youth or a Troubled Society

Journal article by John W. Maag, Kenneth W. Howell; Exceptional Children, Vol. 58, 1991

Subjects:

Behavior disorders in children--Care and treatment, Problem children--Education, Special education--Philosophy

Collections: Philosophy, Education, Entire Library

...exclude services to troubled youth. In this context...had established alternative special classes...institution, American schooling has developed...obligation to serve troubled children and youth? Exceptional...Prevention as a viable alternative. Exceptional...
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The North Star Model of Alternative Education

Journal article by Edna Olive; Reclaiming Children and Youth, Vol. 12, 2003

Subjects:

Alternative education--History, Alternative education--Methods

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...must be addressed in alternative treatment or educational...the complex needs of troubled children and youth? The literature is...from a narrow view of schooling as dispensing information...that our at-risk and troubled youth can become hopeful...
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Who Needs Teacher Education? Gender, Technology, and the Work of Home Schooling

Journal article by Michael W. Apple; Teacher Education Quarterly, Vol. 34, 2007

Subjects:

Home schooling--Analysis, Home schooling--Statistics, Internet--Educational aspects, Internet--Usage, Teacher centers--Evaluation, Teacher education--Evaluation, Teachers--Evaluation, Teachers--Training

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Losing public accountability: A home schooling charter. In B. Fuller (Ed.), Inside charter...issues of concern. In understanding that youth are among the heaviest users of the Internet...websites whose form and content appeal to youth (Hardisty, 1999, p. 46). (2) Actually...
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Alternative Education Strategies: Reducing Violence in School and the Community

Journal article by Tary Tobin, Jeffrey Sprague; Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Vol. 8, 2000

Subjects:

Alternative education--Social aspects, Problem children--Education, School violence--Prevention

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...education program for at-risk delinquent youth. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency...assessment of delinquency-related outcomes of alternative education programs. Crime and Delinquency...1994). How the Gateway Program helps troubled teens. Educational Leadership, 52(1...
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Improving Climate and Achievement in a Troubled Urban High School Through the Talent Development Model

Journal article by James McPartland, Robert Balfanz, Will Jordan, Nettie Legters; Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, Vol. 3, 1998

Subjects:

Socially Handicapped Children--Education--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...grade into high school, alternative programs for the most troubled youth, career foci for student...to transform even the most troubled high school into one with...low-achieving, low-income youth". Educational Evaluation...

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Magazine Articles on: alternative schooling and troubled youth

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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 Youth in Rural Communities by EUGENE...have seen the dropout rate of these troubled students fall from nearly 100 percent...less than 30 percent. For these alternative programs to succeed, more than academic...
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Reclaiming Incarcerated Youths through Education

Magazine article by Carter White; Corrections Today, Vol. 64, April 2002

Subjects:

Juvenile delinquency--Prevention

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...generally acknowledged that alternative education practices for juvenile...the nurses. In Reclaiming Youth At-Risk: Our Hope for the...communities? Kohns vision of schooling is one that produces thinkers...Transitional services for troubled youth. Richmond, Ky.: Eastern...
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When Should Kids Go to Jail

Magazine article by David C. Anderson; The American Prospect, May-June 1998

Subjects:

Juvenile justice, Administration of--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...rehabilitative programs can make a difference to the fives of delinquent youth. They point to a 1990 meta-analysis that weighed 80 evaluations...judges serve at least two to three years, and greater use of alternative dispute resolution. The group also called for guaranteed legal...
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Measuring Catholic School Performance

Magazine article by Nea Derek; Public Interest, Spring 1997

Subjects:

Catholic high schools--Research, Public schools--Research

Collections: Entire Library

...of public-school alternatives. For several...Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), demonstrate...schools, Catholic schooling increases the probability...continue to be troubled places. Voucher...offer no viable alternative to vouchers; and...Catholic Secondary Schooling on Educational...
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Model Schools

Magazine article by Martin Wooster, Eli Lehrer, Naomi Schaefer, Evan Gahr, Scott Walter, Andy Thomas, Bob Sale; The American Enterprise, Vol. 12, January 2001

Subjects:

Education--Planning, Private schools--Services, Public schools--Services, School facilities--Evaluation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...School regulations forbid talking with boys and wearing revealing clothing outside of school. Students cant participate in co-ed youth groups, attend co-ed summer camps, or even do community service with boys. "Whats the difference between having a friend and...

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Newspaper Articles on: alternative schooling and troubled youth

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Uninterrupted Economic Growth; the Speech

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 23, 2006

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

...peacekeeping in the most troubled countries of the world...development goal of free schooling for every child by, and...volunteering scheme, youth national community service...a target of 1 million youth volunteers. It will also be backed by youth community service on...

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