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Promoting Resilience in High Risk Students Attending Alternative High School Programs
… of catching up and being able to graduate from high school.</p> <p>Rural schools have their share of these at-risk students and because of limited funds, are unable to provide specialized programs such as counseling and remediation. Teachers are stretched to meet the needs of multiple subjects …
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Evaluating The Effectiveness of an Alternative High School Program Serving At Risk Students
<p>The Glenbrook Evening High School is a program for high school students who for various reasons are not succeeding in a regular school setting. It is a choice program that was created in 1975 with the goal of assisting "at risk" students who were in danger of dropping out of high school. GBEHS …
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Effects of emotional intelligence on academic achievement in the alternative high school classroom
… and family background on academic achievement of alternative high school students. Gender, age, learning style, and ethnicity of the student are analyzed to determine any moderator effect on these relationships. Seventy-five students, ages 14 to19, who attend a public alternative high school were …
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Transformation and connection: the stories of four young women attending an alternative high school
… and stories of four young women who attended an alternative high school. Each young woman in the study had once been enrolled in a traditional high school and then chose to attend the alternative high school. The goal of the study was to understand how each young woman made sense of her …
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A qualitative study of relationship building between alternative high school students and their teachers
… building between teachers and students at an alternative high school. For this study, the phenomenon of relationship building is generally defined as the language, information, ideas, and feelings between a teacher and student that affect perception, understanding, and value between teachers …
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Modifying Board Policy on Attendance for Alternative High School Students: A Policy Advocacy Document
… This proposed policy advocates for students in alternative high school programs to have flexible school day schedules according to Illinois State Board of Education compulsory attendance laws. Students in alternative high school programs are often referred for chronic truancy. Most school board …
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Analytical writing and identity development of diverse adolescents in an alternative high school preparatory academy
… diverse, ninth grade adolescents enrolled in an alternative high school preparatory academy. Within the larger school context, the study examines the case of the writing classroom—specifically, the four-month literary analysis unit—and the students’ writing development therein. First, I analyze …
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Learning Lessons and Being Schooled: The Relational Lessons of Young Women in an Alternative High School
… is a qualitative investigation of 12 female high school graduates who had previously dropped out or were pushed out of public high school and who attended and graduated from "Conservation High School" (CHS), located in the Pacific Northwest. CHS is an alternative high school organized around …
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Identified Gifted Boys' Experience Of Giftedness In Alternative High School Settings: Implications For Practice And Programming
… pressure and stress, causing them to decline in school, academically and emotionally. This multi-site case study using integral research methodology looked to understand identified gifted boys’ experience of giftedness in schooling, the influence of being labelled as gifted, and how alternative …
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Redefining A Special Education Alternative High School Program To Make Students College and Career Ready: A Change Leadership Plan
… college and career readiness for students in alternative programs. We know from research that all students need to have the necessary skills to be ready for post-secondary employment or to attend colleges; however, students attending a special education alternative program were not …
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The Perceptions Of Former Students As To The Importance Of Post-Secondary And Career Planning In An Alternative High School Setting
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Graduates from alternative schools continue to struggle in areas of post-secondary education and careers beyond high school. School systems adopt various initiatives and support programs related to post-secondary education and career planning without taking the initiative to …
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A Comparative Analysis of Read 180 and Cultural Literacy on the Reading Achievement and Motivation of African American Males in an Alternative High School
… states allows states to annex low-performing schools. With such pressure, school districts are looking to educational consultants to facilitate the transformation of reading instruction, thereby raising levels of academic achievement. A thorough vetting of these interventions, however, is …
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High School Completion: Investigating the roles of social goals, degree of motivation/resiliency, and differential impact of sex among students in an alternative high school
The majority of literature exploring high school completion and dropout has specifically investigated dropout percentages, reasons behind drop out, and what types of students decide to drop out. Information concerning alterable variables and why students complete high school is less abundant. …
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