An Overview of Alternative Education
An Overview of Alternative Education
Laudan Y. Aron The Urban Institute
January 2006
First in a series of papers on alternative education
An Overview of Alternative Education
Laudan Y. Aron The Urban Institute
January 2006
First in a series of papers on alternative education
This paper was prepared for and funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment, and Training Administration. This paper is the first in a series published in 2006 by the National Center on Education and the Economy using funds from DOL Grant #AF-14604-05-06. The nonpartisan Urban Institute publishes studies, reports, and books on timely topics worthy of public consideration.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 WHAT DO WE MEAN BY `ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION'?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE STUDENTS WHO NEED ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT CURRENT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 WHAT KINDS OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS EXIST?. . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WHAT ARE THE NOTEWORTHY ATTRIBUTES OF HIGH QUALITY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 HOW CAN RECENT RESEARCH ON YOUTH PROGRAMMING INFORM ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 WHAT NEW ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES ARE UNDERWAY?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 WHAT OUTCOMES SHOULD ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS DEMONSTRATE?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 WHAT CURRENT POLICIES AFFECT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION?. . . . . . . . . . . . 20 WHAT FUNDING SOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 APPENDIX A: Promising Models of Alternative Education Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 APPENDIX B: Sources of Noteworthy Attributes of Alternative Programs/Schools . . . . . . . 31
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