Article expresses concern that oftentimes non-public alternatives do not deal with the real educational or social issues. (Editor)

A principal of an alternative school lists and elaborates on imperatives for developing an alternative school program. (Editor)

Questions and answers presented in this article offer concrete advice not only about what options in public education should be but also what they should do. (Editor)

Article shows a logical outline of problem areas in alternative schools and the strategy for dealing with them as demonstrated by one school district. (Editor)

On the premise that alternatives are needed and that they will have a better service and survival rate if they are public rather than private, Illinois has instituted a network for educational options. (Editor)

Problems arising in alternative programs are no more difficult to solve than problems that arise in any other educational setting. They may be different problems, but their solutions come about the same way. (GB)

Smaller districts produce a variety of learning programs more spontaneously, more informally, and more easily. Will smaller districts become the leaders in developing successful alternatives? (Editor)

Discusses the establishment and operation of alternative schools within the public school system at both the junior high and high school levels. (DN)

Rejection of schools as impersonal processors of resigned children, badly prepared for an inscrutable society, is being accompanied by a return to local initiative and individual responsibility for education. (Author)

Answers critics of the American educational system who call for the abolition of schools. (JF)

Argues that the problem with education centers around the fact that large numbers of people are being forced to learn that which other people have decided will be good for them. Contends that the only legitimate educational framework is one that helps people learn whatever it is they may happen to want to find out. (Author/JF)

The Alternative Schools movement has succeeded in implementing many changes sought by social studies educators and are characterized by: (1) Decision Making, (2) Community Based Learning Experiences, (3) Social Activism, (4) Personal Growth, (5) Inter-Cultural Learning. (JB)

Perhaps the most diverse and innovative school system in the country, the educational program at Berkeley is attempting to eliminate institutional racism and promote basic academic skills. By examining old assumptions concerning proper student development, the system is searching for greater positive alternatives. (Author/RK)

Describes the Open Tech Programme (a program, not an institution), which is designed to extend educational opportunities for adults at technician and supervisory skill levels through open and distance learning. Emphasizing student-centered learning, the program funds development projects, collaborates with existing agenices, and provides funds for…

Describes the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a residential school for high school juniors and seniors who are gifted in science and mathematics. Includes an interview with three of the students. (JOW)