[PDF] Alternative American Schools eBook

Author : Claire V. Korn
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 35,84 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780791404713

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Alternative American Schools: Ideals in Action is a book for parents and teachers, for education professors, researchers, and students--indeed, for everyone who wants to understand the daily practices and philosophies of schools where awakening interests and learning how to learn is more important than content mastery. Drawing upon years of research and personal experiences, Korn clearly discusses fundamental contemporary educational issues through an analysis of seven long-lived, open, alternative schools, preschool through high school, public and private. This clearly written book explores the cooperative (and sometimes confusing) roles of teachers, students, and parents in these schools of choice; it also discusses their philosophical, financial, and physical survival needs. Once popularly dismissed as failed dreams, today these open learning environments continue to flourish and provide educational options to many enthusiastic learners.

Author : Brenda Edgerton Conley
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,8 MB
Release : 2002-11-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 1576074404

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Describing the various components of alternative education, this book presents a comprehensive view of its impact on public education, particularly in urban school districts.

Author : Franklin Schargel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 21,38 MB
Release : 2013-10-31
Category :
ISBN : 1317925823

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This book describes the fifteen strategies identified through research reviewed by The National Dropout Prevention Center and Network at Clemson University. Each chapter in this book was written by a nationally recognized authority in that field. Research has shown that these 15 strategies have been successfully implemented in all school levels from K - 12 in rural, suburban, and urban centers; as stand-alone programs or as part of systemic school improvement plans. Helping Students Graduate: A Strategic Approach to Dropout Prevention also covers No Child Left Behind and its effects on dropout rates; Dealing with Hispanic dropouts; Differences and similarities between rural and urban dropouts. These fifteen strategies have been adopted by the U.S. Department of Education. They are applicable to all students, including students with disabilities.

Author : John Kellmayer
Publisher : Corwin
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,18 MB
Release : 1995-09-13
Category : Education
ISBN :

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More than 2,500 programs that call themselves "alternative" have been identified throughout the United States. Administrators of these programs admit that the vast majority of them are alternative in name only and serve instead to isolate, segregate, and warehouse youth who can be difficult. How to Establish an Alternative School provides a comprehensive plan for anyone interested in creating truly alternative programs and schools that can dramatically redirect the lives of at-risk youth. Kellmayer outlines the key characteristics of successful alternative programs, describes alternative models, and tells you how to set up and effectively manage an alternative program that fits your needs and the needs of your students. He also provides strategies to help you empower teachers, involve students in their own education, and evaluate alternative programs. Kellmayer also offers all the help you'll need in overcoming the pernicious Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) syndrome that has historically prevented alternative schools from locating in desirable locations such as college campuses and shopping malls. This book is sure to become the bible of program planning for at-risk youth.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 30,60 MB
Release : 2008-11-03
Category :
ISBN : 9264047980

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This book summarises and discusses key findings from the learning sciences, shedding light on the cognitive and social processes that can be used to redesign classrooms to make them highly effective learning environments.

Author : Allan G. Osborne
Publisher :
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 21,84 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Alternative education
ISBN : 9781452218328

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Provides views on multiple sides of curriculum and instruction issues in America's schools and offers more in-depth resources for further exploration. This volume examines alternative schooling and school choice, covering such issues as charter schools, for-profit schools, faith-based schools, magnet schools, and vouchers.

Author : Brenda Edgerton Conley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,25 MB
Release : 2002-11-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 1576074412

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An examination of the growth and development of alternative schools in American society and their role in the public school environment. In Alternative Schools: A Reference Handbook, educator Brenda Edgerton Conley surveys the emerging alternatives to our conventional educational system—a system that is not only costly, but ineffective for many children. In a resource aimed at a broad audience—school administrators, politicians, and, most important, parents—Conley offers both a historical and a present-day perspective on alternative educational programs. What sets the alternative education movement apart, she argues, is its acknowledgment that we all learn differently. That knowledge has given rise to an explosion of exciting alternatives—from open schools to home schooling, from charter schools to church schools. These alternative schools are smaller and less bureaucratic, more responsive to the community, and more receptive to change.