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Welcome to New Website Editor

April 27, 2009 – 2:17 pm

Peter Wieczorek will be editing the website. He is a life science teacher, advisor and board chair at Northwest Passage High School in Coon Rapids, MN.  Peter has spent the majority of his career working with youth in non-traditional/alternative settings.  In addition to working at NWPHS he lives in Clear Lake, WI with his wife, [...]

By Peter Wieczorek | Also posted in IALA | Comments (0)

Federal Program Supports School Choice

December 6, 2008 – 5:21 pm

The U. S. Department of Education’s Office of Voluntary Public School Choice program supports States and school districts in efforts to establish or expand a public school choice program. It supports efforts to establish or expand intradistrict, interdistrict, and open enrollment public school choice programs to provide parents, particularly parents whose children attend low-performing public [...]

By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, Policy, Reports, U.S. Dept. of Educ. | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Learning Outside the Ivy Walls

October 12, 2008 – 1:42 pm

Recently, I attended the Macalester College celebration and was struck by the number of community based and service learning opportunities touted as powerful for their students. In fact, there was little mention of conventional educational practices of courses, classes and lectures. Mentioned were international experiences with businesses, embassies, human rights, peace organizations, world hunger and local [...]

By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Choices, Reform, Students | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Recalled for Revision

October 6, 2008 – 9:32 am

We thought you might like this favorite piece from 1971 and consider its relevance for today.
Recalled for Revision
William C. Miller
Dear Parents of Our Graduates:
As you are aware, one of your offspring was graduated from our high school this June. Since that time, it has been brought to our attention that certain insufficiencies are present in [...]

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IALA Resources

July 31, 2008 – 7:42 pm

At the home page, people can subscribe to this monthly newsletter (if your received this in your email, you are already subscribed). If you wish to unsubscribe, send an email to Contact Us and you will be removed.
At the home page, you can search on the 100s of past notes and other resources at the [...]

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Startling Growth in Charter School Enrollments

September 16, 2006 – 5:11 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Comments (0)

New Journals on Alternatives and Choices

April 30, 2006 – 3:10 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Comments (0)

Schools, 50 Years From Now?

April 22, 2006 – 5:11 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Comments (0)