Article describes one approach used to introduce faculty to alternative instructional designs. (Author)

Author suggested that when we stop being marginal, we will stop being alternative. (Author/RK)

This directory lists new, innovative schools in the United States and Canada, grouping them alphabetically by State or Province. School names and addresses are included along with a special identification of colleges and universities. Both this directory and the supplement, SO 001 789, are available only by subscription. (AWW)

The purposes of this study were (1) to ascertain the state of the art with regard to cost effectiveness and productivity analyses in education and (2) to develop an appropriate cost effectiveness analytical process model for education. Chapters I through III present a review of the literature on cost effectiveness analysis, cost benefit analysis,…

Describes the different approaches three school districts use to turn around discipline problems before students get turned off to school. (Author/IRT)

The "Ingrowns" are traditional doctoral programs, the "Newcomers" are nontraditional doctoral programs. (IRT)

After discussing and analyzing three available alternative budgeting approaches, including incremental, program budgeting, and zero-based budgeting, this article suggests the criteria necessary for a newly adapted system and contends that a program budgeting system would serve most effectively. (DS)

Because people learn much better and much more efficiently in real-life situations, a system of apprenticeships is proposed as an alternative to library school. This would develop common sense, curiosity, concern for other people, and intelligence, none of which can be taught in formal courses. (JPF)

Physical educators must expand the concept of physical education if it is to be successful as an academic discipline and teach their students to use knowledge of human movement to solve expanding problems in nonteaching fields. (MJB)

Describes an alternative program designed to recapture dropouts and integrate them back into the regular school program. (IRT)

Discusses some of the myths surrounding home-based schooling and some of the activities of Education Otherwise. Myths refuted include compulsory education and the illusion that only qualified teachers can educate at home. (JOW)

A "Walkabout" program for second-semester seniors at a public alternative school is described. Cited as keys to the program's effectiveness are staff commitment of one-half their workload and intensive and clearly defined student preparation. Students not participating engage in a similar but briefer independent learning project in the…

The unit for disruptive children at Hungerford is run on behavior therapy principles. The director of the unit, David Lane, outlines the program objectives at Hungerford. (Author/RK)

Describes the evolution and demise of an experimental program that, one afternoon a week, allowed students to choose their learning experiences. (IRT)

Given the poor employment picture for librarians, an alternative to library school retrenchment could be an expansion of library schooling to encompass all facets of document organization and information services in both traditional and nontraditional environments. (Author/LS)