Social:Public alternative school

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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".[1] 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)

References

  1. 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.