Describes and assesses the success of New York City's Hillcrest High School, an educational alternative offering a variety of courses and services. (DS)

This article describes the merits of career education and of an alternative, two-year program open to high school seniors and intended to develop students' career planning abilities. (DS)

Many of the problems facing secondary schools today can be solved, this paper says, by negotiating learning contracts with students. Presented here is a model for shared accountability. (Author)

Dejuvenilizing the high school by minimizing the custodial relationship between school and student calls for innovative alternatives in school scheduling, in providing students with off campus educational opportunities, and in meeting their needs for work and service experience. (Author)

Risks are taken in establishing alternative school programs but they can be minimized by giving the proper attention to several critical factors. (Author)

Takes the reader step-by-step through the sequence of events required to develop an alternative educational program. (Author/JM)

Students who do not respond to well-managed schoolwide discipline programs are less likely to learn than attentive, academically engaged students; they also deprive classmates of learning opportunities. This article describes evolution of the ABC Event Frame, an approach that addresses the academic and social needs of chronically disruptive…