An alternative program, the authors believe, can be successful only with the full support of the principal. Charts the attitudes of 63 Philadelphia principals toward their city's alternative schools. (Editor/RK)

Describes an alternative high school program that used community volunteers to teach some classes and what happened when members of the educational community opposed the use of those uncertified volunteers. (IRT)

Outlines the alternatives to standardized tests that one school uses in charting student progress and in notifying parents of that progress. (IRT)

Describes an alternative approach to environmental education with secondary students outside the timetabled curriculum, which uses school buildings and outside grounds as a model for responsible environmental management and behavior. Emphasis was on adopting criteria which were thought to lead to long-term attitude and behavior change. (AIM)

The "patient" metaphor still thrives in teaching. Carl Rogers' concept of client, connoting a collaborative rather than directive relationship, may be more useful to conceptualize the relationship between teachers and students. (SK)

Describes how the Sweetwater Union High School District in California provides quality instruction in the core curriculum to students in alternative education settings. Provides sample text guide for algebra. (PKP)

Describes "Healing and Madness," a course offered to second-year medical students at State University of New York Stony Brook School of Medicine. Examines the need, value, and outcome of a bibliotherapy technique applied in a nontraditional setting. Concludes that "Healing and Madness" offers a unique educational experience for…

Describes the successful career technology program at Miami Valley Career Technology Center in Montgomery County, Ohio. Looks at Youth Connections, an alternative high school connected to it. (JOW)

Provides a philosophical and operational framework that can be used in creating or refining a re-education-based based program. The framework provided can be used to modify an existing program or in the initial design of a newly planned program. (GCP)

Discusses radical nature of community education by comparing it to methodology of Paulo Freire. Indicates that community education is based on a new understanding of the purpose of education and role of community in educational process. Suggests that practitioners and theorists must recapture its radical nature if community education is to bring…

Presents an option whereby nonnurse baccalaureate graduates get their first nursing degree at the master's level. The first of three years focuses on junior courses, the second gives accelerated senior and graduate-level content, and the third year provides the master's level clinical specialty. (JOW)

Discusses two key components in successful schools which should be applied to alternative schools for at-risk youth: keeping students from failing, and giving students warm, interpersonal support. Some successful strategies include individual curricula and evaluation, evaluation based on progress rather than normative grades, joint projects that…

Compares folk high schools in the Nordic countries with Myles Horton's Highlander Folk School in terms of philosophy, instructional approaches, social and integrated education, staff and students, and administration and finance. (SK)

Interviews John Chattin-McNichols, the author of a recent book that examines Montessori education in the context of current child development theory and practice. Topics discussed include McNichols' book, his work in Montessori, his Fulbright year in Trinidad, the use of technology in education, public Montessori programs, and the future of…

Responses from 105 of 200 chief academic officers found the following: 49% had adult degree programs, only 40% had mission statements focusing on adult education, 87% grant credit for prior learning, 85% allow part-time degree completion, only 17% offer nontraditional delivery methods, and only 29% offer assistance to nonnative speakers of…