The evaluation of a public tax-supported alternative school is described. The emphasis is upon the problems involved in the evaluation of this kind of school and suggested methods of overcoming them. A post-pre design combined with control groups is described, and the pros and cons of involvement and detachment on the part of the evaluators is…

The Southwest Network was created to provide support for developing Chicano alternative schools. It strives to facilitate approaches, problems, contacts, funding, and communication for any alternative Chicano educational efforts requesting such aid. In this process, the Network has prepared an initial directory of Chicano alternative schools,…

In this speech, the author addresses the method of developing a high level of support for community involvement in an experimenting school. He presents an outline of some specific steps that should guide the process of designing a framework for school support. In addition, the author discusses the planning process and the organizational design of…

The traditional approach to education and many new alternative approaches have failed to serve the needs of students or to prevent students from dropping out. Aware of the many emerging experiments to keep educational opportunities alive for restless students, the authors propose a complete design, drawing on the resources of local school…

Open education, or informal schooling, is a growing educational trend in the United States. This sourcebook is made up of chapters by many different authors describing open education, how it functions, actual experiences with open education so far, and the basic philosophy and scientific findings behind open education. (RH)

This document contains three sections. The first section is a directory of innovative schools providing the name and address of the school grouped alphabetically by state. The schools on this list vary from Summerhillian to modular flexibly scheduled ones, pre-school to college, public and private. Some have a relatively high degree of…

The "Open Classroom" approach offers an unconventional view of teachers, students and describes what schools should consist of. This book explains how the open classroom could work by suggesting that students will learn if they are placed in an environment far less structured than the traditional school. It suggests that learning takes place…

This paper is an annotated list of fifty documents on the reconceptualist philosophy of curriculum theory delivered and/or published since 1973 and many of those published prior to 1973 which had a formative influence on the movement. Each source is identified by author, title, editor, and publishing date, and each is summarized and evaluated in a…

Providing current information on the status of the School Management Options Project (involvement by the end of Fiscal Year 1975 of at least one-fourth of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, BIA, schools in a management system chosen by their American Indian clients), this report presents information relative to the BIA's overall strategy for project…

Discussions in this journal focus on the teaching of speech communication and drama in the secondary-level classroom. "Creative Drama in the Secondary Classroom" provides suggestions for incorporating beginning, lyric, and "human" drama into the secondary-level curriculum. "Student-Centered Teaching: A Desire for…

The process of program initiation and the use and communication of new information and practices of public alternative schools or programs in the New England area were examined. Four research questions were pursued in the study. An ex post facto research methodology, employing mailed questionnaires and personal interviews, was used. The study…

This annotated catalog lists films intended primarily for teacher education and inservice teacher training programs on the elementary and secondary levels. A limited number of films on child development, alternative education, adult education, and teenage social guidance are included. Films are cross listed alphabetically, by subject, and by…

Three short papers on the Centennial Education Program of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in existence since 1969 as a residential cluster college for about 200 undergraduates registered for a 6-semester-hour block of problem-centered, experiential learning, usually interdisciplinary. Focus is on the problems and roles of faculty in this…

Founded in 1971 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Red School House offers a model curriculum which blends academics and American Indian culture assembled by the students, staff, parents, and the director, Eddie Benton Banai. (JC)