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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

...beginning of the American public school system there have always been...participate and instead created alternative schools and alternatives to schools, such as homeschooling. The oldest alternative school still in existence dates back...
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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

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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

...Data Kennedy, Rosa L. A school for healing: alternative strategies for teaching at...references and index. 1. Alternative schools-- United States--Case...Case studies. 3. High school dropouts--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

...nations 20,000 private schools and are taught by a body...decisions, financial problems, school closings and low morale...from 1968 to 1972 private school enrollments decreased by...with educational policy alternatives for the 1980 s, we should...available to all children in all schools. The genius of the ESEA...other schools provide an alternative to governmentally controlled...
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Alternatives in Education: Critical Pedagogy for Disaffected Youth

Book by Greg S. Goodman; Peter Lang, 1999

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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

...traditional or regular education, alternative education experiences range...children Jeub, 1995 to charter schools. In more extreme cases of...operation of the local public schools, some communities have enlisted...private entities to run their schools Sawicky, 1997 . For example, the entire school system in Chelsea, Massachusetts...
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High Schools in Crisis: What Every Parent Should Know

Book by Ellen Hall, Richard Handley; Praeger, 2004

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

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...evidence on many high school campuses. But...complete the work. Alternative schools are usually small...Some alternative schools offer drop-in...Alternative High School, in Ohio is to...pleasant. Berkeley Alternative High School provides a calm...tourism. Charter Schools The following definition...

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Journal Articles on: alternative schools

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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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"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

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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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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

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

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Edgar, 1991), schools tend to focus...preparation track. If alternative educational strategies...successfully complete school (Office of Policy...management system in an alternative education program...middle and high school students who have...from traditional schools for carrying weapons...A. (1998). Alternative schools and programs for...DC, Graduate School of Education and...
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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

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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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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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Magazine Articles on: alternative schools

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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

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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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An Alternative School Voucher System

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

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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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Making the Case for an Africentric Alternative School

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

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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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Montessori Learning Aid: Alternative School Shows Impact on Poor Children

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

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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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Alternative Schooling for Troubled Youth in Rural Communities

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

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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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Newspaper Articles on: alternative schools

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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

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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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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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Keep Alternative Schools at the Heart of Education Options

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

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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 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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School Board, Superintendent Assess Alternative Schools Review

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), January 19, 2006

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School superintendents

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

School Board, Superintendent Assess Alternative Schools Review. Byline...alternative elementary schools, the Eugene School Board on Wednesday...the neighborhood school - has been convinced...level caps for alternative schools after this year...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: alternative schools

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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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Evolution

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...fundamentalists, however, do not accept the theory and have striven to have biblical creationism taught in the schools as an alternative theory. (For the evolution of human beings, see human evolution .) Modern Evolutionary Theory Evolutionary...
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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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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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Tanzania

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Zambia, affording landlocked Zambia an alternative route to the sea. The principal exports...missions, which included rudimentary schools for the Africans, were established...major investments were made in primary schools and health care. While Nyerere put some...

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