Examines school systems in three cities in the U.S.--Boston, San Francisco, and Mobile--corroborating the Nation Educational Association's suggestion that if there is a high suspension rate, there is also a high rate of absenteeism and low academic achievement. (JM)

Cites definite trends suggesting the eventual decline of public education.'' The author suggests that these trends may result in paring down the role of schooling to training in basic skills. Introductory chapter to a new book in which the author discusses alternatives toward which he thinks we should be working. (Author/JF)

Author gives thourough treatment to alternatives evaluation purposes and problems. (Editor)

Describes an alternative school set up by the Los Angeles City Board of Education. The School is housed in a leased YMCA building, enrolls five to eighteen year olds, and allows students to work out their own study plans. The article lists other innovations. (JF)

Urges that an environment must be created in which alternative programs can flourish within and between schools. (JF)

Author suggests four possible paths toward realistic educational options--with suggestions for ways principals can help extend teachers' realm of choice.'' (Editor/CB)

Free schools, which serve primarily children of rich people, stand at a place of diametrical options: to join the national transformation, or to sit back and watch history pass before their eyes. (DM)

The search for the atypical and non-mainstream college has been rather fruitless. The major universities, the graduate schools, and the academic guilds are found to be in almost full command of the system, and practically every other institution seems to be emulating them. (Author)

Discusses the failure of traditional schooling in the Hispanic community. Marginal communities structure education very differently from traditional schooling and learning progresses at an incredible rate. Too often administrators fail to see the need for nontraditional programs that meet the needs of a particular group. (JOW)

The philosophy, rationale, and evaluation of the Union County (NJ) Learning Center is presented. The center is an intensive day-treatment program to effect changes that would allow the emotionally disturbed individual to return to the mainstream. (Author/PN)

Describes the masters programs for nonnurse college graduates at Yale School of Nursing which offers both basic and advanced nursing preparation in a single three-year curriculum sequence. The program prepares nurses who can function in advanced-practice specialty roles as nurse-midwives, nurse practitioners, or clinical nurse specialists. (CT)

Describes various programs in which students are tutored or counseled by other students. Discusses the advantages of such an approach for both tutors and tutees. (GC)

Maintains that getting tougher with disruptive youth does not get at the causes of their problems. Urqes administrators to develop alternative programs as the most effective and humane approach to these students. (Author/JM)

A response to Nathan and Kohl's article in the same issue. States that the three authors are in basic agreement about public alternative schools, but may have differing approaches to history. (Author/WD)

Describes a successful alternative elementary school program which provides basic academic and behavioral skills to selected delinquent youth through structured, intensive, and individualized instruction. (JD)