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Ewing, Eve L.; Davis, Bridgette; Guz, Samantha – Grantee Submission, 2021
Few empirical studies describe the interior world of alternative school settings. We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with 11 alternative school students, discussing factors that contribute to absenteeism as well as the circumstances that led them to enroll in an alternative setting. We find that students' regular attendance is…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Student Attitudes, Attendance, Attendance Patterns
Center for Public Education, National School Boards Association, 2021
Since the first charter school law passed in Minnesota in 1991, over 40 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws allowing the publicly funded, privately managed, and semiautonomous schools of choice. Ever since the first charter school opened in Minnesota in 1992, the battle for fair funding has raged across the land. On the one hand,…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Academic Achievement