The articles in this collection assume that some learning is done better in places other than the classroom. Many selections justify philosophically and psychologically the formation of alternatives. Others present case histories of ongoing experimentation with alternatives at all levels of education. No particular models are advocated. The need…

Frustrated by the public schools, the author took his child out of one and set up his own school. This book tells other parents how to do the same. The step-by-step account explains how to take a child out of the public school; set up a plan for the home instruction of a child; choose a more complex educational plan; set up a curriculum for any…

An updated directory of new and innovative schools in the U.S. and Canada lists over 700 schools at all educational levels. The schools are listed by states; information is given about the address, phone number, ages of students, date founded, tuition, ratio of students to teachers, and a phrase or two describes any special quality of the school.…

Description of conducting school with an open-door policy during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and the Campaign to Criticize Lin Piao and Confucius. (Author/ND)

Describes the progress of the students and teacher of a Radical Education Seminar devoted to exploring and discussing alternative education. (TO)

Describes a district in Minneapolis where students must choose either the contemporary or traditionally self-contained classroom school, the continuous progress school, the open school, or the free school. (GB)

Article expresses concern that oftentimes non-public alternatives do not deal with the real educational or social issues. (Editor)

A principal of an alternative school lists and elaborates on imperatives for developing an alternative school program. (Editor)

Article shows a logical outline of problem areas in alternative schools and the strategy for dealing with them as demonstrated by one school district. (Editor)

Smaller districts produce a variety of learning programs more spontaneously, more informally, and more easily. Will smaller districts become the leaders in developing successful alternatives? (Editor)

The psychological, sociological, and economic advantages of various alternative schools are described. For journal availability see SO 504 329. (DE)

This article is a rejoinder to TM 501 980. (DEP)

Those responsible for coordinating flexible and open learning in colleges should consider whether the time may be right to seek common ground on the issues and principles shared by the many related initiatives in Great Britain during the last two decades. Two principles that are important to flexible learning are that education's effectiveness is…

Author has compiled an impressive bibliography with appropriate annotations of recent publications concerned with the alternative school movement. (Editor/RK)

This review of attempts at educational reform, both overseas and in Australian schools, addresses itself to two fundamental questions regarding alternative schools: Is there a real choice and who enjoys it? And in what ways are the new approaches different from the old? The trends discussed and evaluated include the use of open space teaching…