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L. Scott Harper – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Educators develop and implement various academic/behavioral intervention programs designed to specifically address academic shortcomings or aimed at disrupting behavioral cycles that impede success in the classroom. The purpose of this research was to identify gaps in behavioral Response to Intervention (RtI) programs and to design a RtI program…
Descriptors: High School Students, At Risk Students, Public Schools, Guidance Centers
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Brubacher, Cameron; Wilson-Forsberg, Stacey – Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2017
The tradition of leaving high school and finding full-time employment after grade 8 has put Low German-speaking (LGS) Mennonites in rural Southwestern Ontario in a vulnerable economic position. Consequently, alternative education programs have been developed by Ontario public school boards in areas containing high numbers of LGS Mennonites. The…
Descriptors: German, Native Language, Religious Cultural Groups, Nontraditional Education
Brown, Vickie McConnell – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Schools in the United States have struggled with graduation rates for nearly 140 years. School divisions are continuously searching for new and creative curriculums to address changing student needs. From the U.S. Department of Education to local school board members, educators are working to discover creative and accountable alternatives to…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Nontraditional Education, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention
Nienhuis, Victoria A.; Tendai, Jeanette L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This policy analysis project is designed at uncovering specific standards that can be utilized by a school district in developing and evaluating their Type II Alternative Schools to ensure high levels of student success within their programs. While there is a substantive body of research in alternative education, there are no universally accepted…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Parent Participation, Policy Analysis, Parent School Relationship
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Burkholder, Sue M.; Merritt, Marti – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
Genesis Alternative School is a regional, public alternative school setting for middle and high school students from four participating school divisions. It serves 1 rural county school division and 3 small city school divisions. Students are placed at Genesis for disciplinary reasons. Genesis is unique among alternative schools in Virginia…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Public Schools, Regional Schools, Middle School Students
Shelby, Thomas H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
This report concerns itself with the growth and progress of "general" university extension for the biennial period 1922-1924. By general university extension is meant extension activities of universities and colleges in the fields not covered by agricultural and home economics extension under the Federal subsidy acts through the Federal land-grant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extension Education, Land Grant Universities, Federal Legislation