http://learningalternatives.net The International Association for Learning Alternatives Sat, 05 May 2012 17:57:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://learningalternatives.net/weblog/post/218/ http://learningalternatives.net/weblog/post/218/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:59:14 +0000 Wayne Jennings http://learningalternatives.net/?p=218 The Providence, RI Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center, or MET school for short, was created as a high school taking advantage of best practices in school reform and therefore departs significantly from the norm. A strong advisor program, small school size, and tremendous amount of community based learning are among its features. Dennis Litkey, one of the founders, writes of their hughly successful venture, one that has attracted considerable foundation support for replication. The parent organization, The Big Picture Company provides considerable detail about its programs. A new book, The Big Picture: Education is Everyone’s Business provides further detail into the philosophy and operation of this advanced school.

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