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Public Alternative School
A public alternative school is a state school that "provides alternative learning experiences to the conventional school program and which is available by choice to every family in the community at no extra cost".Marilyn R. Cohn and Mary Ellen Finch“The Public Alternative High School: 1 Solution to or Reflection of Societal Ills?” ''Council on Anthropology and Education Quarterly'', Vol. 6, No. 1 (February 1975), pp. 9–15. They include: *Open school * School Without Walls *Learning centers *Continuation school *Multicultural schools * Free school *Schools within schools Examples *Al Kennedy Alternative High School * City School (Vancouver) * Connections Alternative School * Kingsland School * Leonia Alternative High School *Metropolitan Learning Center (Portland, Oregon) *School Without Walls (Canberra) The School Without Walls (SWOW) was a public alternative school in Canberra, the capital of Australia, which operated from 1974 to 1997. History In 1973, a group of stude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative School
An alternative school is an educational establishment with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional. Such schools offer a wide range of philosophies and teaching methods; some have strong political, scholarly, or philosophical orientations, while others are more ''ad hoc'' assemblies of teachers and students dissatisfied with some aspect of mainstream or traditional education. Some schools are based on pedagogical approaches differing from that of the mainstream pedagogy employed in a culture, while other schools are for gifted students, children with special needs, children who have fallen off the track educationally or expelled from their base school, children who wish to explore unstructured or less rigid system of learning, etc. Features There are many models of alternative schools but the features of promising alternative programs seem to converge more or less on the following characteristics: * the approach is more individualized; * integration of children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State School
State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary educational institution, schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation. State funded schools exist in virtually every country of the world, though there are significant variations in their structure and educational programmes. State education generally encompasses primary and secondary education (4 years old to 18 years old). By country Africa South Africa In South Africa, a state school or government school refers to a school that is state-controlled. These are officially called public schools according to the South African Schools Act of 1996, but it is a term that is not used colloquially. The Act recognised two categories of schools: public and independent. Independent schools include all private schools and schools that are privately governed. Indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Without Walls (other) , Australia
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School Without Walls may refer to: * School Without Walls (Washington, D.C.) * School Without Walls (Rochester) * School Without Walls (Live Oak, Florida) * School Without Walls (Canberra) The School Without Walls (SWOW) was a public alternative school in Canberra, the capital of Australia, which operated from 1974 to 1997. History In 1973, a group of students, teachers and parents voluntarily met to establish the school to cater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Continuation School
A continuation high school is an alternative to a comprehensive high school. In some countries it is primarily for students who are considered at risk of not graduating at the normal pace. The requirements to graduate are the same, but the scheduling is more flexible to allow students to earn their credits at a slower pace. Denmark The Danish continuation schools (Danish: ''Efterskole'') cover 8th to 10th forms and comprise a broad range of school types. The schools specialize in different educational themes or specific youth-groups. Typical examples are sports, outdoor activities and various creative arts productions. Many continuation schools in Denmark are boarding schools and a stay is normally privately funded by school-fees. The majority of attending pupils have chosen a continuation school after having finished their elementary school programs at the 9th form. The admission to continuation schools has increased in the 2000s and the association of Danish Industry has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Education
Democratic education is a type of formal education that is organized democratically, so that students can manage their own learning and participate in the governance of their school. Democratic education is often specifically emancipatory, with the students' voices being equal to the teacher's. The history of democratic education spans from at least the 17th century. While it is associated with a number of individuals, there has been no central figure, establishment, or nation that advocated democratic education. The term Democratic Education originated with The Democratic School of Hadera, which was founded in 1987 in Israel. History Enlightenment era In 1693, John Locke published ''Some Thoughts Concerning Education''. In describing the teaching of children, he declares, None of the things they are to learn, should ever be made a burthen to them, or impos'd on them as a task. Whatever is so propos'd, presently becomes irksome; the mind takes an aversion to it, though befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Kennedy Alternative High School
Al Kennedy Alternative High School is a public alternative high school in Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States. The curriculum is organized around the core theme of sustainability and stewardship. Student learning Kennedy organizes its learning around aspiration, engagement, and experiential learning: * Students cultivate their personal identities as "global citizens" who are contributing to a sustainable future. * There is an emphasis on solutions to challenges of sustainability. Sustainability themes are integrated in each core curriculum area. * Students are connected with adult practice communities that are engaged in sustainable development activities. * Large amounts of curriculum are organized around experiential and service learning. Activities like conservation management, organic farming and forestry, environmental monitoring, and mapping support key curriculum elements. Kennedy focus: five educational domains The school is "dedicated to creating future leaders in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City School (Vancouver)
City School is Vancouver's longest-running public alternative school. It was created as "a non-graded, continuous progress school in which students take responsibility for their own learning and which tries to use the city as its classroom." Founding philosophy In 1970, the Director of Instruction for secondary schools in Vancouver was Alfred Clinton. He wrote "A Proposal for an Ungraded Continuous Progress School (City School)" and in it referenced the Metropolitan Learning Center (Portland, Oregon), Metropolitan Learning Center in Portland, Oregon as well as the now extinct Parkway Program in Philadelphia as "similar projects." Other philosophical influences were A. S. Neill's Summerhill School in Suffolk, England, and the SEED Alternative School, S.E.E.D. (Shared Experience Exploration and Discovery) School founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1968. Dr. Clinton's vision closely paralleled the project-based learning methods now being adopted by innovative educators in many schools. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connections Alternative School
Connections Alternative School is a public alternative high school in Eagle Point, Oregon, United States. Academics In 2008, 9% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma A high school diploma or high school degree is a North American academic school leaving qualification awarded upon high school graduation. The high school diploma is typically obtained after a course of study lasting four years, from grade 9 to gra .... Of 33 students, three graduated, 17 dropped out, and 13 were still in high school the following year. References High schools in Jackson County, Oregon Alternative schools in Oregon Eagle Point, Oregon Public high schools in Oregon {{Oregon-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsland School
Kingsland School is a pupil referral unit located on Broadbent Road, Watersheddings, Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, wh .... Kingsland School supports pupils, aged between 10 and 16, who are unable to access mainstream school, including those with behaviour problems, or have been permanently excluded, or those who cannot attend for medical reasons. References Special secondary schools in England Education in Oldham Alternative schools in England Schools in Oldham Special schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham {{GreaterManchester-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonia Alternative High School
The Leonia Alternative High School, sometimes known as LAHS, was an American public alternative school located in Leonia, New Jersey, United States, that existed between 1972 and 1979. Origins Beginning with the free school movement of the 1960s, a number of different alternative education schemes were tried out in various locations within the United States. The Leonia Alternative High School was modeled after the Parkway Program, the influential alternative school project in Philadelphia that had begun in 1969 and had attracted national attention. While the Parkway Program often focused on vocational goals, the Leonia one was intended to be more academically oriented, while still breaking down some of the barriers typically seen between a school and the surrounding community. Creating an alternative school had the added benefit of taking some students out of the severely overcrowded regular Leonia High School, which had over 800 pupils attending a facility designed for only 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Learning Center (Portland, Oregon)
The Metropolitan Learning Center (MLC) is an alternative public school serving K–12 students in Portland, Oregon, United States. The school is located adjacent to Couch Park. The playground at Couch Park doubles as the playground for the school. History Couch School In 1913 Portland voters were asked to consider a school budget that included new construction to modernize Portland schools. The dilapidated "Couch School", an 1883 structure that had recently closed to contain an outbreak of smallpox, would be torn down, and a new Couch School would be built in 1914 at a cost of $177,000. The architect for the new school was Floyd Naramore, newly employed as architect and superintendent for Portland Public Schools. Naramore was responsible for many Portland school designs including Benson Polytechnic High School and Shattuck School. Reflecting modern standards of the day, Tudor Revival was chosen as the style for Couch School. Both the 1883 school and the 1914 school were nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Without Walls (Canberra)
The School Without Walls (SWOW) was a public alternative school in Canberra, the capital of Australia, which operated from 1974 to 1997. History In 1973, a group of students, teachers and parents voluntarily met to establish the school to cater for educational needs they considered were not being met by the mainstream public education system in the Australian Capital Territory. The school's original location was on Childers Street within the campus of the Australian National University, where the meetings to establish the school were held. Later in 1974, the school relocated to what is now St Patrick's Church in Braddon, which had previously housed the Catholic schools St Patrick's School and St Mary's School–Our Lady of Mercy. In 1980, the school moved to what was formerly the infants building at Ainslie School in Braddon (now the Ainslie Arts Centre), where it was co-located with the Questacon science centre. In 1995, the ACT Education Department conducted a review which rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
