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Limar, Eugene; Edmonston, George P., Jr. – 1976
The purpose of this publication is to present the reader with brief descriptions of selected alternative schools and programs operating in Louisiana in 1976. Descriptions of many of the better-known types of alternative programs are found, including those that deal with college-bound students, alternatives to suspension/expulsion, and…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, House Plan
IMPACT II--The Teachers Network, New York, NY. – 1994
The Teachers Network created The Teachers Voice Initiative to bring teachers together and empower them to create their vision of the future of education. This book presents the perspectives of participating teachers, who report on their experiences as agents of change and designers of curriculum. Papers include: "Teacher Leadership for Creating…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Toch, Thomas – 2003
This book argues that large American high schools have become obsolete and uses case studies of four new or restructured schools to show why smallness and distinctiveness are prerequisites for school reform. The large comprehensive high school developed as an economical means of providing a range of "tracks," from practical subjects for future…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
George, Paul S.; Lounsbury, John H. – 2000
Increasing numbers of middle school educators believe that the education of young adolescents can be enhanced when teachers and students are members of classrooms and small team groups characterized by long-lasting relationships. This book describes how to offer students the benefits of smallness within increasingly larger schools by ensuring…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Early Adolescents, Educational Research, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Download full textRaywid, Mary Anne; Schmerler, Gil; Phillips, Stephen E.; Smith, Gregory A. – 2003
Downsizing schools--creating small schools, schools-within-schools, and small learning communities--has been a highly favored school reform strategy of recent years, one that is supported by considerable research. Yet for many of these schools, the going has not been easy, bedeviled by bureaucratic resistance, public misunderstanding, and…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Pucel, David J. – 2001
This book provides a rationale, model, and procedures for implementing change in high schools. Focus is on adoption of applied, context-based, community-based education that eliminates competition between academic and vocational education and promotes cooperation in creating career-based education. Chapter 1 provides a review of how this type of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Career Academies, Career Education
