Dave Lehman, former IALA board member and long-time former alternative school administrator recommends, Choices for the High School Graduate: A Survival Guide for the Information Age by Bryna Fireside. The present universal call for all students to prepare for and attend college obviously doesn’t work for all students. The book helpfully and honestly points out a variety of choices students may make as part of their high school education and the options beyond high school.
It describes Earthwatch, travel, overseas, military service, special academic programs, apprenticeships, internships, volunteer work, online and distance learning, deferred admission, part-time work, trades