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Ferrera, Margaret M. – Schools in the Middle, 1993
Many school districts have set up alternative learning centers to provide programs for students whose behavior problems keep them from functioning effectively in a traditional school program. A recent study of seven alternative middle school programs attributes program success to teacher effectiveness, focus on student learning, and smaller class…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Discipline
Harrison, John A. – American School Board Journal, 1998
In 1996, a Winston-Salem principal closed a failing alternative school and developed a new program dedicated to helping at-risk kids succeed. The result was LEAP (Learning and Acceleration Program) Academy, a school that helps academically unstable middle-school students catch up to their peers by completing two years of academic course work in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Acceleration (Education), High Risk Students, Intermediate Grades
