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Alternative Education

Annotated Bibliography

Brown & Brown, (Fall 2005). Why at risk is at risk. American School Board Journal 37-39, Volume 192

The article provides insight on how through resilience, students can succeed better than an “at-risk” approach. While providing students with acknowledgement from positive behavior rather than zero-tolerance it shows students have a positive outlook in their education.

Bullock, Lyndal M., (Winter 2007). Introduction to the Special Issue: Ensuring Student Success Through Alternative Schools. Preventing School Failure, Vol 51, 2

Combines different sources of authors from the Journal of Preventing School Failure. Provides general information of alternative education and the students that are served.

Menendez, Anthony L., (Winter 2007). Supports and Enhancements Designed for Alternative School Programming. Preventing School Failure, Vol 51, 2

Provides numerous internet websites for assisting and training the needs of staff in the alternative education field with students that have special needs.

Quinn, Poirier, Faller, Gable & Tonelson, (Fall 2006). An Examination of School Climate in Effective Alternative Programs. Preventing School Failure, Vol 51, 1

The authors, researches at the American Institute for Research, in addition to professors at the Department of Child Study and Special Education focus on how the climate (economically, social, etc) effect students that have been placed in the alternative education atmosphere. In detail research provides a different view for their lack of success in a traditional setting thus changing the outlook of the programs.

Van Acker, Richard (Winter 2007). Antisocial, Aggressive, and Violent Behavior in Children and Adolescents within Alternative Education Settings. Preventing School Failure, Vol 51, 2

Focus on alternative education programs that serve students who may have dropped out or who were “kicked out” due to behavior or academic...