Describes the most easily achieved and most difficult to achieve aspects of the model, along with what was possible only for some schools, and what was most disillusioning to the leaders. (IRT)

Article describes one school's experience with the problem of students smoking in the restrooms and steps taken to solve it. (GB)

Author feels that the success of an educational innovation should not be judged on whether it fulfills its promise 100 percent, but on whether it moves education closer to its goal. (Editor)

On the premise that alternatives are needed and that they will have a better service and survival rate if they are public rather than private, Illinois has instituted a network for educational options. (Editor)

Two suburban high schools, one outside of Denver, Colorado, and the other near New York City, have developed experimental programs that attempt to introduce their students to the city. (Author)

Includes descriptions of 16 of the participating schools written by administrators of those schools. (IRT)

Pressure today is exerted upon school officials for alternatives. The author presents several programs his school system has initiated, with frank appraisal of their success or failure. (Editor)