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Alternative Education in Japan: A Brief Orientation.

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Needle, Nat – Paths of Learning: Options for Families & Communities, 2000

In Japan, not attending public school is stigmatized, and alternative education is in its infancy. Reviews free spaces, which are not schools, but places for traumatized students to recover; home schooling networks; government-approved independent alternative schools; alternative after-school programs; and innovative programs within the system.…

Descriptors: After School Programs, Cultural Influences, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education

Three Alternative Education Conferences: "Alternative Education Conference in Japan" (Sandy Hurst); "Fear and Trembling at the International Alternative Education Conference" (Emanuel Pariser); "Commentary on a Commentary" (Chris Mercogliano); and "A Dramatic Time in Israel" (Jerry Mintz).

Hurst, Sandy; And Others – SKOLE: The Journal of Alternative Education, 1996

Participants who attended three national alternative education conferences in Japan, Indiana, and Israel report on their experiences at the conferences and issues addressed, including freedom versus license, responsibility to poor children, funding for alternative education programs, democratic education, government role, and varying and…

Descriptors: Community Schools, Conferences, Democratic Values, Educational Practices