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Publication Date: 2001
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Fear of Success? Ten Ways Alternative Schools Pull Their Punches.
Gregory, Tom
Phi Delta Kappan, v82 n8 p577-81 Apr 2001
Alternative high schools whose power emanates from variety, choice, and personal relationships are hindered from succeeding by sending schools' practices. Alternatives lack control over who attends, student diversity, time of entry, who teaches, program definition, and graduation policies. They often have inferior facilities and insufficient resources. (Contains 11 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Diversity (Student), Educational Equity (Finance), Enrollment, Equal Education, Equal Facilities, Fear of Success, Graduation, High Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Nontraditional Education, Resource Allocation, School Culture, Student Mobility, Teacher Qualifications
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Language: English
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