Volume I of the St. Louis Public Schools evaluation report on programs, projects, services and activities funded in whole or in part under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I is organized into Two Parts. Part One, Evaluation of Total Title I Program, presents the completed evaluation forms. Part Two, focuses on the Evaluation of Title I…

This booklet reports information gathered in a survey of year-round education activities in the United States and its outlying territories from July 1, 1974 through February 1, 1975, as reported by state and district education agencies. Tables 1-10 summarize various data for all the reported year-round programs, including number and types of…

The general purpose of this descriptive normative survey is to discover what alternative educational programs are being provided in secondary schools in Cook County and to what extent they are attended. The general hypothesis is that relatively few alternative education programs are provided and those that are, are either the traditional,…

A significant problem with inquiry teaching is that too much emphasis is placed on inquiry as a logical, scientific, and rational way of knowing. Feelings and mood are rarely dealt with except in rather off-handed remarks about intuitive leaps and creative encounters. Few consider what a model of inquiry based on mood and feeling might look like.…

In 1973, in the Fairfax County Public Schools, a series of one-session courses was created in which teachers with special skills or interests would share their knowledge and curriculum ideas with other teachers. The program, called Mini-Versity, operated on the assumption that teachers learning from other teachers was the best way to learn.…

A wide variety of selected innovative or nontraditional programs in accredited two- and four-year American colleges and universities is described, using information derived from an extensive study covering over 2200 accredited institutions. Although the intent is to aid career preparation, the scope is broader than the title suggests. Chapters…

The evolution and diversification of alternative educational programmes for rural communities are traced from the "shock-absorber" approach, aimed at a sector of society which presented a visible need, toward community education and some of the working principles behind it. The starting point for examining educational evolution is traditional…

Relying on the conviction that, in the unrepresented and improverished section of our cities, involvement of parents in the education of their children is an essential step on the way to a better life in a fairer and more equal society, this study describes the achievements and limitations of this principle in action as discovered by an individual…

The success of educational expansion can be seen in the decline in illiteracy rates, improved achievement scores, more years of teacher training, innovative curricula development, and in the greater independence and openness of young people. Despite such positive trends, a crisis in confidence in our system, stemming from the great expenditure in…

This report examines the Ford Foundation's efforts in developing and implementing alternative schools to the public schools or in providing seed money to new alternatives designed for public support. The publication begins with a look at the origin of the alternative school movement and then describes several kinds of school alternatives assisted…

This book focuses on the process of implementing an alternative school within a public urban system. To identify and illustrate the problems inherent in organizing and operating an alternative school the West Philadelphia Community Free School was taken as a case study. Observations and analysis are here offered on two different levels: (1)…

This document contains a State-by-State directory of 464 alternative public schools. Each listing in the directory contains the school name, address, grade levels, and enrollment. For purposes of this directory, an alternative public school has been defined as any school within a community that (1) provides alternative learning experiences to the…

Certain issues are cited as the most difficult in secondary education. These include the failure to provide equal educational opportunity; the establishment of school programs that are throught to be irrelevant or that treat student populations as homogeneous entities; unyielding bureaucracies; and a lack of opportunity for parent, student, and…

This speech traces the evolution of accountability, defines accountability, and examines alternative approaches to accountability. The author conceptualizes educational accountability in operational terms as a system for improving the delivery of educational outcomes that would clarify who is answerable to whom, for what, then, and within what…

This manual, based upon legal requirements and school experiences of Massachusetts, is intended to help get alternative schools off the ground and keep them out of trouble with state and local authorities, though in fact existing alternative schools have had few legal problems thus far. The first section of the manual provides sketches of some…