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Revision as of 01:19, 19 May 2007 edit69.117.20.128 (talk) Magnet schools: Magnet schools are not alternative high schools....they aren't an addition a traditional high school....they should be placed with the alternative school article, not here← Previous edit Revision as of 01:27, 19 May 2007 edit undo69.117.20.128 (talk) I deleted the part that talks about alternative schools. This is an article about alternative high schools.Next edit →
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In ], the phrase '''alternative high school''', sometimes referred to as a '''minischool''', is "any junior high school, high school, senior high school, or secondary school having a special curriculum offering a more flexible program of study than a traditional school." <ref> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alternative%20school </ref> An alternative high school serves as an addition to a larger traditional junior high school, high school, senior high school, or secondary school. In ], the phrase '''alternative high school''', sometimes referred to as a '''minischool''', is "any junior high school, high school, senior high school, or secondary school having a special curriculum offering a more flexible program of study than a traditional school." <ref> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alternative%20school </ref> An alternative high school serves as an addition to a larger traditional junior high school, high school, senior high school, or secondary school.


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For the Calgary school, see Alternative High School (Calgary).
File:GreatNeckVillageSchool.jpg
Great Neck Village School, an alternative high school in Great Neck, New York in the United States

In education, the phrase alternative high school, sometimes referred to as a minischool, is "any junior high school, high school, senior high school, or secondary school having a special curriculum offering a more flexible program of study than a traditional school." An alternative high school serves as an addition to a larger traditional junior high school, high school, senior high school, or secondary school.

Many such schools were founded in the 1970's as an alternative to mainstream or traditional classroom structure. A wide range of philosophies and teaching methods are offered by alternative high schools; 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.

Sometimes, particularly in the United States, the phrase alternative high school can refer to a school, which practices alternative education. This is a much broader use of the term, covering all forms of non-traditional educational methods and philosophies, including school choice, independent school, home schooling, and alternative high school.

See also

References

  1. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alternative%20school
  2. "Alternative Schools Adapt," by Fannie Weinstein. The New York Times, June 8, 1986, section A page 14.

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Further reading

  • Claire V. Korn, Alternative American Schools: Ideals in Action (Ithaca: SUNY Press, 1991).

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