A summary of impressions gathered from a symposium on educational alternatives and reform. (JF)

Community education has the task of building, not a new world, but creating an improved world, opening new paths of learning here and now, new paths for a larger public. (Author)

Describes the roots and components of the alternative schools movement. (JF)

Excerpts from exchanges at a symposium on educational alternatives. (JF)

Describes Philadelphia's massive program of alternatives at the secondary school level. According to the author, more than fifty alternative programs are now in existence -- some within a school, some functioning as annexes in off-site locations, and others operating as semiautonomous organizations. (Author/JF)

Describes the move of New Haven, Connecticut, toward schools of choice to serve a variety of community needs. (Author)

An alternative program offers learning disabled secondary students with histories of academic failure a curriculum emphasizing career awareness and life skills. A work station setup provides experience in such areas as drafting, consumer awareness, mechanics, and transportation. Results include increased attendance, improved self esteem, and…

Notes that the job market for those who can teach reading to older adolescents and adults in nonschool settings is changing and possibly expanding, while the demand for teachers who can teach only in traditional school settings is declining. Discusses the pros and cons of this situation. (FL)

FlexiStudy is a new type of correspondence course developed by the National Extension College, which has become a center for the production and distribution of distance learning materials, while local colleges take the responsibility for teaching, counseling, and administration. (EAO)

Portrays deschooling philosophy as a broad conceptual educational approach encouraging more flexibility, creativity, self-reliance, and freedom of choice in learning. Limitations concern pedantic, pedagogic and nonpedagogic functions, finances, socialization, peer interaction, occupation, and social placement. Encourages proponents to generate a…

Compared attitudes of students enrolled in traditional and nontraditional programs in Black universities regarding: (1) stringency of academic requirements; (2) knowledge acquired; (3) program flexibility; (4) immediate and projected value (personal and financial) of schooling; (5) attractiveness of nontraditional approach to traditional students;…

Description of the implementation and operation of Howard University's "University Without Walls" within the context of current trends in higher education. (APM)

Cites case studies involving professional people attempting to gain doctoral degrees through correspondence universities. Examines the history of these institutions and problems of accreditation. (CT)

The imaginative use of resource persons, field trips, and mentor arrangements by regular and special education teachers can be highly effective in stimulating gifted students' interest in school and commitment to learning. (Author/SB)