Category Archives: At risk programs

Graduation For All

January 13, 2010 – 4:11 pm

Here are a couple of very interesting and extensive articles on graduation rates and the need to promote graduation for all students.  The first article talks mostly about the graduation gap between the upper 2/3 of high school students and the lower 1/3, made up mostly of urban, low-income African American and Latino students.  The [...]

By Peter Wieczorek | Also posted in Alternatives, Articles, Policy, Reform, Reports | Comments (0)

Democratic Schools Paper

July 3, 2008 – 12:58 am

Arising from discussions with Politeia, Brazil’s democratic education institute, at the 15th International Democratic Education Conference last summer in Sao Paulo a new work “A History of Democratic Education in American Public Schools” by democracy advocate and IALA member John Harris Loflin is now available.
Supported by IALA, this comprehensive 161 page paper aims at persuading American urban [...]

By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Articles, Democratic schools, IDEC, International Educ, Loflin, John, Reports, Research | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)

Early College High Schools Grow Dramatically

May 14, 2008 – 10:46 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, Early College HS, Middle college schools, Policy, Reform | Comments (0)

Research on Alternative Schools

April 16, 2008 – 2:04 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Reform, Reports, Research, U.S. Dept. of Educ. | Comments (0)

A Second Side to the Story

March 26, 2008 – 10:06 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Assessment, High schools, Iowa Assoc. Alt Ed, Morley, Ray, Personalized Educ, Policy, Reform, Reports, Research, Students, Training | Comments (0)

Webcast: Dropout Crisis

March 13, 2008 – 10:47 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Iowa Assoc. Alt Ed, Morley, Ray, Reports | Comments (0)

Alternative Schools Help Students: Proof

February 8, 2008 – 9:25 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, Iowa Assoc. Alt Ed, Research, Students | Comments (0)

Getting Able Low Income Students into College

October 21, 2007 – 6:38 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, High schools, Middle college schools, Reform, Students | Comments (0)

Highly Successful Alternative

October 13, 2007 – 2:00 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, High schools, Personalized Educ, Reform | Comments (0)

Programs for Seriously At-Risk Youth

July 15, 2007 – 8:12 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Articles, Reports, Students | Comments (0)

State Alternative Education Conferences

March 11, 2007 – 4:59 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Conferences, Daly, Dan, Iowa Assoc. Alt Ed, MI Alt Educ. Org, Mintz, Jerry, Morley, Ray | Comments (0)

New Schools: KIPP and Cristo Rey

December 10, 2006 – 8:45 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Charter schools, Choices, Gates Foundation, High schools, Private schools | Comments (0)

Online School Enrolls Huge Numbers with New Approach

August 23, 2006 – 10:30 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Charter schools, Choices, Online learning, Private schools, Virtual schools | Comments (0)

Astonishing Variety of Options in California

July 16, 2006 – 9:54 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, CA Cont. Ed. Assoc., Charter schools, Magnet schools, Middle college schools, Policy, Reform, Reports | Comments (0)

Choices for “At-Risk” Students

June 25, 2006 – 4:08 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, High schools, Reports, Students | Comments (0)