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Schools for Growth: Radical Alternatives to Current Educational Models

Book by Lois Holzman; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997

Subjects:

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

...the core of the state schooling apparatus was the feature...The constant call for reform that characterized the entire history of schooling and its failure to make...done inside the bounded schools themselves. p. 93...otherwise. Nondevelopmental schooling in a nondeveloping world...children relative to school access and school success...
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A Hard Country and a Lonely Place: Schooling, Society, and Reform in Rural Virginia, 1870-1920

Book by William A. Link; University of North Carolina Press, 1986

Subjects:

Community And School--Virginia--History--19th Century, Community And School--Virginia--History--20th Century, Education, Rural--Virginia--History--19th Century, Education, Rural--Virginia--History--20th Century, Rural Schools--Virginia--History--19th Century, Rural Schools--Virginia--History--20th Century, Virginia--Rural Conditions

Collections: Education, Entire Library

What gave rural school modernization its...about rural school reform. 1 Reformers considered...Not unlike city school officials, rural...the emergence of school reform and the actual...question: what alternative models of school...in favor of free schooling only for the very...
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School Management in Transition: Schooling on the Edge

Book by Dale E. Shuttleworth; RoutledgeFalmer, 2003

Subjects:

Conservatism--Cross-Cultural Studies, Education And State--Cross-Cultural Studies, School Management And Organization--Political Aspects--Cross-Cultural Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...McQueen 2000). Schools under intense...traditional schooling such as: programmes...electives for high school students; discussions...communities in schools; teaching for...practice, or alternative assessment...standardised version of school reform that is driven...monster from the schools, it will be...the kinds of reforms that can truly...
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Schooling for Success: Preventing Repetition and Dropout in Latin American Primary Schools

Book by Laura Randall, Joan B. Anderson; M. E. Sharpe, 1999

Subjects:

Education And State--Latin America--Congresses, Education, Elementary--Latin America--Curricula--Congresses, Education, Elementary--Social Aspects--Latin America--Congresses, Elementary School Dropouts--Latin America--Prevention--Congresses, Grade Repetition--Latin America--Prevention--Congresses, Schools--Decentralization--Latin America--Congresses, Teaching--Latin America--Congresses

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...diverse levels of schooling, whose training...the normal school regional courses, the normal schools and the education...for primary school -- were trained...the normal high schools provided access...post-middle school courses of specialization...allowing both the alternative formation of...1968 university reform Law 5540/68...
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Rethinking Family-School Relations: A Critique of Parental Involvement in Schooling

Book by Maria Eulina P. De Carvalho; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001

Subjects:

Education--Parent Participation, Home And School

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...109 , 111 , 115 117, 121 , 122 , 126 128, 131 , 133 , 136 , 138 alignment with dominant culture, 23 alternative, 92 change/reform, 59 , 101 , 128 , 134 choice system/tracking, 59 , 92 hierarchized, 60 of the home, 20 , 39 , 127 home...

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Home Schooling: An Alternative School Choice

Journal article by Robert G. Houston Jr., Eugenia F. Toma; Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 69, 2003

Subjects:

Home schooling--Research, Home schooling--Statistics

Collections: Entire Library

Home schooling: an alternative school choice...on public schools are changing...required school reforms. In response...a form of schooling that may...and home schools as type 3...a single school-age child...chooses the alternative j that provides...the three alternatives if the utility...that home schools and therefore...considers the school type option...the school alternative only if the...of the k alternatives. Stated...particular type of schooling is given...
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Detracking Reform in an Urban California High School: Improving the Schooling Experiences of African American Students

Journal article by Robert Cooper; The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 65, 1996

Subjects:

California, Equality, Public schools, Quality of education, Race relations, Secondary schools

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Therefore, any serious reform effort must change...and make sense of alternatives to the current...must be sought. Schools today have the...African Americans, school communities must...Thus, educational reform in the new millennium...and attitudes of schooling held by todays...Americas public schools. In turn, the...
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Alternative Education and Home Schooling in Norway

Journal article by Christian W. Beck; Childhood Education, Vol. 77, 2001

Subjects:

Alternative education--Norway, Home schooling--Norway, Norway--Education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...40 Christian schools, and 8 Montessori schools as alternatives to the 3,200...public state schools. The first Muslim school is expected to open soon. Home Schooling. Home schooling...this form of alternative education are...
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Students Schooling Students: Gaining Professional Benefits While Helping Urban High School Students Achieve Success

Journal article by Susan P. Leviton, Justin A. Browne; Journal of Law and Education, Vol. 38, 2009

Subjects:

Academic achievement, College students, Colleges & universities, Education reform, Inner city, Legislation, Low income groups, Opportunity, Poverty, Research & development--R&D, School districts, Social skills, State laws, Success, Teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...The success of alternative high schools created earlier...of new small schools developed in...scores, and school districts sought innovative alternatives to the prior...offering grants to reform schools using small...
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The Limits of Teacher Education Reforms: School Subjects, Alchemies, and an Alternative Possibility

Journal article by Thomas Popkewitz; Journal of Teacher Education, Vol. 61, 2010

Subjects:

Classroom environment--Management, Science education--Social aspects, Sciences education--Social aspects, Teacher centers--Curricula, Teacher education--Curricula, Teacher-student relations--Management, Teacher-student relationships--Management, Teachers--Curricula, Teachers--Training

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Education Reforms: School Subjects...and an Alternative Possibility...granted. Schooling and its school...spaces of schooling are principles...occur. And schools are different...education reforms requiring...through which school subjects...embodied in the school curriculum...education reforms and research...the Age of Reform: Science...Politics of Schooling and the Construction...

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Bucking Conventional Wisdom: What Needs Overhaul in Schooling Isn't the Bureaucracy, the Staffing or the Schedules, It's the Century-Old Curriculum

Magazine article by Marion Brady; School Administrator, Vol. 63, September 2006

Subjects:

Curriculum--Evaluation, Curriculum--Forecasts and trends, Education--Curricula, Education--Evaluation, Education--Forecasts and trends, Educational reform--Evaluation, Schools--Management

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...The education reform movement set in...Im arguing, our schools arent quality operations...with class size, school size, length of...teaching in Americas schools has long been...In A Place Called School, John I. Goodlads...to relate to in schooling becomes increasingly...waste of time. The alternative to a practical...
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Public School Reform: the Mismeasure of Education

Magazine article by Svi Shapiro; Tikkun, Vol. 13, January 1998

Subjects:

Education policy, Education reform, North Carolina, Public schools

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library

Public School Reform: the Mismeasure...called "Excellent Schools Act." While this...throughout K-12 schooling. Incentives for...750. Teachers in schools where students are...over the heads of school principals who fail...public debate on schooling so the business...
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Schooling in Disaster Capitalism: How the Political Right Is Using Disaster to Privatize Public Schooling

Magazine article by Kenneth Saltman; Our Schools, Our Selves, Vol. 17, Spring 2008

Subjects:

Canada, Education policy, Neoliberalism, Privatization, Public schools, United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...communities where these schools are located, it...out in her book School Reform, Corporate Style...deeply involved in school reform, agenda...the urban public schools and has had a strong...Disaster in Public Schooling Contemporary initiatives...there could be no alternative to global capitalism...
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The Key to Closing the Minority Schooling Gap: School Choice

Magazine article by Clint Bolick; The American Enterprise, Vol. 14, April 2003

Subjects:

Educational vouchers--Usage, Minority students--Education, School, Choice of--Demographic aspects, School, Choice of--Social aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...elementary and high school age children receive schooling in private schools at public expense...dysfunctional schools. In climbing...a particular reform is too radical...enough. The school choice movement...city private schools. Not because...their public school counterparts...there is an alternative to failure...
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Hot for Teachers: John Kerry's Quietly Radical School Reform Plan

Magazine article by Jonathan Schorr; Washington Monthly, Vol. 36, July 2004

Subjects:

Educational reform--Planning, Kerry, John F.--Political activity, Presidential candidates--Political activity

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Radical School Reform Plan. by...famously lousy school system and...new charter schools. Yet while...before the school board, fighting...to build alternative institutions...platform: In schooling, a good...on public schooling. Nevertheless...incentives for school systems...to require schools to set up...a welcome alternative to the often...campaign to reform education...

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Wait Is Long for Public School Reform

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 21, 2004

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

...for Public School Reform. Byline: Michael...most parents of school-age children...learn in a public school environment, and...in Todays Public Schools Foster the Common...problems in public school classrooms have...district until minor reforms are implemented...Typically, home-schooling parents constantly...a constructive alternative to the discipline...
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Suburban Independent Schools See Opportunity in Economic downturnAn Alternative Way to Teach Children

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 2, 2011

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

...Economic downturnAn Alternative Way to Teach...international schools. In Hong Kong...parochial and public schools, Donna Brongiel...Country Day School in Elgin. She...international schooling they were used...an attractive alternative for parents...the push for school choice that...movement to reform public education...independent schools. "They represent...
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Classic Rebuke of Failure; More Exiting Public Schools for Rigorous Alternatives

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 2, 2003

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

...schools for rigorous alternatives. Byline: Stephanie...at Marva Collins School misbehave, punishment...students at the school in Milwaukee receive...classics in home schooling, charter schools and private Christian...Revival of American Schooling." Terrence Moore...badly in need of reform. "When I was...
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Hopeful Tells of Plan for Schools: Mrs. Dole's Plan Focuses on Reform

Newspaper article by Ralph Z. Hallow; The Washington Times, September 23, 1999

Subjects:

Dole, Elizabeth H.

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

...focuses on reform by Ralph...the nations schools. * Let school districts...Post school-by-school achievement...parents compare schools. * Give...them to an alternative school setting...or home-schooling, we should...
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Three D's of Education Reform

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), February 17, 2011

Subjects:

Education--Finance, Educational finance, Educational reform, Teachers

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

...of Education Reform. Byline: Phil...district and school is asked to take...more students. Schools are encouraged...typically debate school choice in terms of charter schools and voucher programs...education and home schooling. These debates...already exercise school choice. The...clamor" for alternative school choice...

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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...the necessity of nuclear energy as an alternative to fossil fuel consumption. However...Republican proposals, such as welfare reform, as his own, while opposing the more...handily defeated Republican Bob Dole and Reform party candidate Ross Perot in the November...

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