Author: J. David HawkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alternative education
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Alternative Education
Author: J. David HawkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alternative education
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Expelled to a Friendlier Place
Author: Martin GoldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Examines three model schools, established as alternatives to expulsion for selected disruptive students.
Alternative Programs for Disruptive Youth
Author: Marie Angele ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The book addresses issues in meeting the educational needs of disruptive students. In the introduction, R. Sarri examines the rise of alternative schools and discusses common elements in their design and operation. D. Sabatino follows with "Issues and Concerns: Problems with Alternative Schools," in which he examines the particular difficulties involved in evaluating alternative programs. Four alternative programs are described in depth: Learning Center II, a program administered jointly by the local education agency and the Washington State Juvenile Rehabilitation Division; Bellefaire School (Cleveland, Ohio), an integrated program of group living, education, and psychotherapy; Longfellow Education Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota), designed for multiply handicapped students with severe emotional disturbances; and Special People Realizing Individual New Goals (Atlanta, Georgia), an approach to teaching survival skills to senior high disturbed students. Brief overview descriptions of 12 additional alternative programs are presented: SAIL Project (Student Advocates Inspire Learning) in Minnetonka, MN; the Starr Commonwealth Schools Alternative Education Program (Van Wert, OH); Delta County Education Center (Gladstone, MI); Chana High School (Auburn, CA); Wallbridge Academy (Grand Rapids, MI); Horizons High School (Wyoming, MI); Kansas City Youth Diversion Project (Kansas City, MO); LIFE Center (Albuquerque, NM); Alternative Program (State College, PA); William Smith High School (Aurora, CO); Partners School (Denver, CO); and Project CITE (Crisis Intervention Techniques for Education) in Terrell, TX. (CL)
Alternative Education Programs for Disruptive Students
Author: Transforming Alternative Education
Author: Dr. Lateshia WoodleyPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1504980603
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
This book is about viewing alternative education through the lens of being an alternative education student and then being a turnaround leader working with schools to transform alternative education programs. This book celebrates the successful work of many alternative schools, making a difference in the lives of students, and highlights the areas in which additional work is needed.
Final Report of the Governor's Task Force to Study Alternative Educational Programs for Chronically Disruptive Students
Author: Helping Students Graduate
Author: Franklin SchargelPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317925823
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
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.
The Forgotten Room
Author: Mary HollowellPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0739134973
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Located in a rapidly-growing county in the southeastern United States, Peachtree Alternative School is a dumping ground for chronically disruptive students that regular teachers can no longer handle. The school has some of the toughest kids that society has to offer: kids who have dealt drugs, attempted rape, brought weapons to school, and made terrorist threats. Neglect, understaffing, and overcrowding create a volatile situation; Teachers survive threats, assaults, brawls, and rampages with their therapeutic philosophies barely intact. The Forgotten Room is a teacher survival story. It examines the darker side of American education through chronicling the course of Peachtree Alternative School's tenth and final year. It offers a glimmer of hope in the safe zones created by hardworking teachers, but it is also a cautionary tale about the consequences of bureaucrats neglecting troubled teens. Hollowell's multidisciplinary book provides a rare look at public alternative schooling in America. This gritty and compelling ethnography is part of a growing movement in academia to make ethnographic studies more accessible. It exposes punitive school policy, demonstrates the prison-industrial complex, and reveals school board corruption. In addition, it pinpoints quality teaching of chronically disruptive youth. As ethnographic nonfiction, The Forgotten Room breaks down the walls between social science and literature.
Alternative Education Programs for Disruptive Students
Author: Jerral DeWayne TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Educational law and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
How to Establish an Alternative School
Author: John KellmayerPublisher: Corwin
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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.