Topic - Alternative Schools

This page summarizes Government Innovators Network content about Alternative Schools.

This section contains ground-breaking projects and pilot programs in the field of non-traditional education and development. This encompasses all types of "student-focused" and "whole child" programs that interact with both gifted and special needs students. It also reports current advances in voucher programs, charter schools, magnet schools, and home-based schools. Progressive enhancements in at-risk programs, multi-cultural education, and distance education are also covered.

moreRelated Awards

Indian Education Project of the High Negro River (81%)
The Public Management and Citizenship Programme in Brazil

Charter School Law (28%)
Innovations in American Government Awards
March 28, 2005

Reinventing the Naga City School Board (25%)
The Galing Pook Awards in The Philippines
June 9, 2005

Life Learning Academy (23%)
Innovations in American Government Awards

SEED School (22%)
Innovations in American Government Awards
April 5, 2006

Digital Municipality (20%)
The Public Management and Citizenship Programme in Brazil
April 27, 2005

moreMost Relevant News

Preventing High School Dropouts Can Start in 4th Grade (84%)
Education Week
June 2, 2009

Success in an unlikely place; Alternative school makes gains at juvenile detention center (72%)
Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico)
January 6, 2009

High school for problem students get mixed reviews (71%)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 23, 2009

Low-cost option? // No-frills four-year alternative school proposal might work in conjunction with existing facilities (60%)
Patriot News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
January 25, 2009

Urban schools use marketing to woo residents back (52%)
USA Today
August 22, 2009

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moreMost Relevant Documents

Towards a Typology of Alternative Education Programs: A Compilation of Elements from the Literature (100%)
Laudan Aron
Urban Institute
July 31, 2003

Using Public Schools as Community-Development Tools: Strategies for Community-Based Developers (95%)
Connie Chung
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University
October 1, 2002

Mobilizing the Private Sector: A Theoretical Overview (94%)
Thomas J. Nechyba
Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University
October 1, 2005

Should Charter Schools be a Cottage Industry? (94%)
John E. Chubb
Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University
October 1, 2005

Prosecution in the Community: A Study of Emergent Strategies (93%)
Catherine M. Coles, George L. Kelling
Wiener Center for Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government
September 1, 1998

The Impact of Charter Schools on Student Achievement (92%)
Caroline M. Hoxby and Jonah E. Rockoff
Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Kennedy School of Government
May 1, 2004

Achievement in Charter Schools and Regular Public Schools in the United States: Understanding the Differences (90%)
Caroline M. Hoxby
Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Kennedy School of Government
January 28, 2005

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