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Meador, Elizabeth A. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2020
In an article written for The Clearing House in 1974 titled, "Alternative schools: Can they survive?", Gerald Brunetti described features of schools that served as an alternative to mainstream public education. He raised the question of whether or not such schools would continue to exist in the future. A search of the literature reveals…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Public Schools, Equal Education, Educational Innovation
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Tilhou, Rebecca C. – Democracy & Education, 2020
There is a faltering sense of democracy in America's current political climate due to polarized opinions about leadership's decisions and antagonistic political parties. John Dewey (1916) proposed that education is the place to foster democracy, as schools can provide a platform to actively engage students in authentic democratic experiences that…
Descriptors: Public Education, Democracy, Citizen Participation, Political Attitudes