The author assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the Coombs report on nonformal education and presents the framework of a nonformal education model now being used in Mexico. (DE)

Alternative education programs have existed in Washington for several years, providing new ways to meet students' needs by increasing system capacities for flexibility and choice. This directory of the 125 schools that are currently providing this type of education details the following information about each: staffing, purpose of the program,…

The present educational reform movement has been focused upon quantitative and qualitative issues related to the way teachers and other instructional personnel are educated. Alternative models for educating teachers which differ from the traditional college or university teacher education program have again become attractive. This paper offers a…

Three simulations developed at the Henry George School, New York, and used by students in the City-As-School program in New York City to understand patterns in the growth and economics of their city, are described. Information for ordering the games is included. (JH)

Author discussed educational alternatives and the extent to which these initiatives represent alternatives. (Author/RK)

Presents the recommendations of the Panel on Alternate Approaches to Graduate Education, followed by statements of reaction written by three professors of English and a doctoral graduate student.

After suggesting that young people are superfluous to the labor force, this article examines two alternative frameworks for educational policy, one which regards schooling as an investment, and one which regards it as welfare. The growth of experimental schools is compared to the rationale for each of the frameworks. (Author)

This profile is the second in a series documenting the experience with the uses of technology in higher education. A look at how the Open University employs media to serve a large, dispersed student body may benefit others who plan to expand or modify their own uses of educational technology. (Author)

This paper provides an historical record of the folk high school as a liberal educational philosophy since the mid-nineteenth century. The social and political setting in which the Danish folk high school began, along with a biographical sketch of its founder, N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783-1872), are reviewed within the first eight pages. The folk high…

The National Diffusion Network (NDN) was established to bring together representatives of federal, state, and local agencies to promote widespread adoption of new and innovative programs within and across state boundaries. The goal in publishing this directory is to help local educators solve problems through program improvements gleaned from…

The document describes the In-School Suspension Project (ISSP), a program of the Northeast High School Complex in Macon, Georgia, which assigns students to in-school or in-house suspension rooms as an alternative to suspending juvenile delinquents/offenders out of school. The remedial strategy is reported to call for the cooperation of the county…

The rights of hospital/homebound children under P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) are considered, and a model in which service is delivered through a full-time instructor whose sole job responsibility is teaching students in homes and hospitals during school hours is seen to be most favorable. Other delivery alternatives…