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A Case Study of the Development and Implementation of a School-Community Guidance Center for At-Risk Students in a Texas Public High School
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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
Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Implementing Alternative Education Programs to Reduce Student Disciplinary Issues
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Michael Burns – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Conventional punitive detention- and suspension-based correctional approaches to student disruptive behavior are widely considered ineffective and counterproductive. Instead of offering opportunities for change and growth, they punish students they deem incorrigible by excluding them from instruction. While effective alternative approaches and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, At Risk Students, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
A Phenomenological Narrative Study of Texas School District Administrators Perspectives of Their Districts Virtual School Programs
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Wilson, Robert W. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate the perspectives of Texas school district administrators concerning the virtual school programs being implemented in their districts. Interviews with the eight participants were analyzed in an effort to provide a comprehensive explanation of their lived experiences (Moustakas, 1994).…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Administrator Attitudes, School Districts, Educational Technology
The Howard Gardner School: A Portrait of a Small Progressive, Independent and Alternative High School for Bright, Creative Non-Traditional Learners
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Drakeford, Jocelyn G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences has impacted the educational community since its inception in 1983. The theory became the framework for Gifted and Talented Education, in that it broaden the scope of giftedness to be defined in the context of students being identified with nontraditional gifts and talents as well as combinations…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Nontraditional Education, Academically Gifted, Learning Disabilities
Perceptions of the Implementation of the Online Credit Recovery, Dropout Prevention, and Alternative Education Program Odyssey Ware, in Lee County, Virginia Public Schools
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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
A Policy Analysis: Successful Type II Alternative High Schools for All Students
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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