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Direct linkKamrath, Barry – Planning and Changing, 2019
After being identified as a school in need of improvement, one struggling inner city high school implemented an evening school alternative program to reduce their suspension, failure, and dropout rates. In its first year, the program graduated 100% of the student participants, all of whom were in danger of dropping out, or being kicked out of high…
Descriptors: High School Students, At Risk Students, Urban Schools, Dropout Prevention
Peer reviewedFinkelstein, Leonard B. – Planning and Changing, 1976
Lists the goals and features of the successful alternative schools program in Philadelphia, as well as the differences between alternative schools and traditional schools. (IRT)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedKritek, William J. – Planning and Changing, 1977
Accounts, in part, for the successful implementation of an alternative "school-without-walls" and provides clues to what program administrators can do to make it more likely that new programs will get fair trials in the schools. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational Innovation, High Schools, Nontraditional Education
Peer reviewedMoore, Connie; Levine, Daniel U. – Planning and Changing, 1977
Describes the programs and students of a magnet high school and some of the educational and social considerations influencing the school. (IRT)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, High Schools, Magnet Schools, Nontraditional Education
