41. Alternative School Could Face Shutdown: Cuts Threaten Half Of Budget At Off-Camp schools, many around the state do not, said Steve Daschle, executive director of a Seattle alternative school and leader of the washington Association of http://news.theolympian.com/specialsections/Legislature2002/20020308/31254.shtml

The Olympian Olympia, Washington BACK Homepage /* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var pageName="" var server="" var channel="" var pageType="" var pageValue="" var prop1="Legislature 2002" var prop2="" var prop3="" var prop4="" var prop5="" var prop6="news" var prop7="" var prop8="" var prop9="" var prop10="" var s_code=' ' Legislature 2002 Friday, March 8, 2002 Tony Overman/The Olympian Students at the Thurston County Off-Campus School in Olympia study a newspaper during their current-events lesson Thursday afternoon. From left are senior Amber Walter, 18, freshman Michelle Belorose, 14, senior Matt Davis, 17, and freshman Mallory Mottman, 15. Proposed state budget cuts could force the closure of the school. Alternative school could face shutdown Cuts threaten half of budget at Off-Campus School BRAD SHANNON, THE OLYMPIAN Originally published Friday, March 8, 2002 "These kids will be back on the streets." Rep. Gigi Talcott, R-Tacoma OLYMPIA Fear of budget cuts spread through the Capitol on Thursday, as interest groups began poring over details of a House Democratic proposal that would eliminate almost $700 million in programs. Among the victims were backers of the Thurston County Off-Campus School, an alternative school that sprang up in the 1970s when public schools did little to cater to nontraditional students.

42. The National Center On Education, Disability And Juvenile Justice It is time to develop academically rigorous, engaging alternative schools. Citation. NW washington, DC 200361802. Copyright 19. REFERENCES. http://www.edjj.org/Publications/pub_06_13_00_1.html

Alternative Education: From a "Last Chance" to a Proactive Model PETER E. LEONE and WILLIAM DRAKEFORD In the past twenty years, we have seen a gradual transformation of public education in the United States. In particular, for students in K-12 public schools there has been an increasing emphasis on standards, accountability, and excellence. Legislatures, school boards, and parents have all demanded better outcomes from public schools. Simultaneously, there has been rising concern abut school safety and discipline (Furlong, Morrison, and Dear 1994; Dwyer, Osher, and Warger 1998). The impetus for the reform of public education included apprehension about the literacy of high school graduates and their ability to compete in the global economy. In response to a series of reports and task force recommendations (e.g., A Nation at Risk [National Commission on Excellence in Education 1983] and A Nation Prepared [Carnegie Forum 1986]), the public schools have emphasized excellence in education by raising standards, implementing new graduation requirements, and lowering tolerance for serious violations of school disciplinary codes. The primary beneficiaries of these changes have been college-bound youth and others who respond well to the current structure and purposes of public education. Overlooked in most of the recommendations were non-college-bound youth and students who struggled with traditional school organization and culture (see, e.g., Smith 1988; Wirt. T. Grant Foundation 1988).

43. Impact: Students With Disabilities Attending Alternative Schools: What Do We Kno Public alternative schools and programs for students at risk of education failure 200001 (NCES 2002-2004). washington DC US Department of Education http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/163/over6.html

Previous Article Next Article Students with Disabilities Attending Alternative Schools: What Do We Know? By Camilla A. Lehr Students with disabilities are among those most at risk of dropping out of school. Many observers contend that traditional schools are failing to engage a significant number of such students and meet their multiple needs. Alternative schools and programs have emerged as one educational option for students with and without disabilities who do not succeed in traditional public schools. Alternative schools fall under the auspices of educational alternatives that also include charter schools, magnet programs, distance learning programs, and private schools. Although these options have much in common, each has distinct features, as well. Findings from research conducted by the Alternative Schools Research Project at the University of Minnesota ( ici.umn.edu/alternativeschools/ ) provide current information describing alternative schools across the United States. In brief, alternative schools: Are designed to meet a variety of needs including preventing students from dropping out of school, providing another educational option, serving as a disciplinary consequence, or providing academic/behavioral remediation.

44. Policy Research Brief: Alternative Schools And The Students They Serve: Percepti Public alternative schools and programs for students at risk of education failure 200001 (NCES 2002-004). US Department of Education. washington, DC http://ici.umn.edu/products/prb/141/default.html

Reprint permission form (Fill out this form if you are interested in photocopying, reprinting, and distributing this publication or portions thereof). Download PDF (75.5 KB, 12 pp.) To view a PDF file, you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer. Acrobat Reader may be downloaded from the Adobe Web site Alternative Schools and the Students They Serve: Perceptions of State Directors of Special Education Recent data collected from a national survey estimates that about 12% of all students in alternative schools are students with disabilities. Yet we know very little about the nature of the instructional programs offered, special education processes and procedures in place, accountability practices, and outcomes for these students. In addition, we do not have complete descriptive information on the kinds of alternative schools and programs currently in operation. This Policy Research Brief reports findings from interviews conducted with 49 state directors of special education (or their designees). It describes their perceptions of (a) basic characteristics of alternative schools, (b) major issues for alternative schools, (c) major issues for state education agencies, (d) major issues for students with disabilities, and (e) educational reforms impacting alternative schools. The brief concludes with a discussion of trends that require further study. This issue was co-authored by Camilla A. Lehr, Ph.D., and Cheryl M. Lange, Ph.D., Alternative Schools Research Project, Institute on Community Integration (UCEDD), University of Minnesota. Eric Lanners, Project Assistant, assisted with development of the brief. For further information, contact Dr. Lehr at (612)624-0722 or

45. Unchartered Territory, Charter Schools Offer A Necessary Alternative Editorial, UNCHARTERED TERRITORY Charter schools Offer a Necessary alternative Editorial by Trisha Ready. I MA TRAITOR. I mean, in washington state s current political http://www.thestranger.com/2000-10-26/city2.html

Vol 10 No. 6, Oct 26 - Nov 1 2000 -CITY- UNCHARTERED TERRITORY Charter Schools Offer a Necessary Alternative Editorial by Trisha Ready I'M A TRAITOR. I mean, in Washington state's current political milieu, where the subject of public education is magnified and romanticized into an abstract holy questI come out looking like a traitor to the teaching profession. (I've taught high school English in Massachusetts, California, and Washington.) I've earned the title of traitor to the cause because I favor charter schools. Lately, I've been accused, by liberal friends, of wanting to discard public schools and hasten the death of democracy. Basically, charter schools are independent public schools run by nonprofit organizations. Initiative 729, on the upcoming ballot, proposes 80 charter schools to be established in Washington over the next four years. There are 36 other states that have collectively blessed about 2,000 charter schools across the country. Each charter school in Washington would need to be approved by, and have as a sponsor, either a school district or a state university. Charter schools would be required to have a curriculum, a five-year budget, and undergo public hearings. The schools would be exempt from state laws and rules governing other public schools. I believe charter schools are all about democracy and positive social change. They could complement public schools, spark educational reform through healthy competition, and serve as educational laboratories.

46. Controlled Choice: An Alternative School Choice Plan. ERIC Digest at least, controlled choice is a reasonable alternative for districts POLITICS, MARKETS, AND AMERICA S schools. washington, DC The Brookings Institution, 1990 http://www.ericdigests.org/1992-4/choice.htm

Site Links Home Search for ERIC Digests Privacy Policy Resources for Library Instruction ... Information Literacy Blog ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Weaver, Tyler Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management Eugene OR. Controlled Choice: An Alternative School Choice Plan. ERIC Digest, Number 70. School choice is one of the hottest topics in education. Not only does it have the attention of educators, it has the endorsement of President Bush and a large following of parents. Books are being written, arguments waged, and bills drafted. There is a growing feeling that if parents can choose which schools their children attend, education will improve. However, there are groups urging caution. Some are concerned that issues of equity will be passed over in the push for school choice, causing at-risk students to fall further behind. Because of these concerns, choice plans that focus on equity have begun to receive national attention. Foremost among these is controlled choice, which attempts to create equitable education in a district by providing choice while simultaneously preserving racial and ethnic balance. WHAT IS CONTROLLED CHOICE?

47. Special Education In Alternative Education Programs alternative Programs for Students with Social, Emotional, and Safe, drugfree, and effective schools for all washington, DC American Institutes for Research. http://ericec.org/digests/e585.html

Special Education in Alternative Education Programs The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education (ERIC EC) The Council for Exceptional Children 1110 N. Glebe Rd. Arlington, VA 22201-5704 Toll Free: 1.800.328.0272 E-mail: ericec@cec.sped.org Internet: http://ericec.org ERIC EC Digest #E585 Authors: Mary Magee Quinn, Robert B. Rutherford, Jr., and David M. Osher November 1999 With the 1997 Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (PL 105-17), the mission of alternative programs has expanded from the education of youth who have dropped out, or who were at risk for dropping out, to students with disabilities whose behavior warrants special attention outside the general education setting. These programs now provide alternative programming, including flexible curricula that can address the unique social, behavioral, emotional, cognitive, and vocational needs of the individual student. In contrast to the traditional alternative settings where students were "sent away," many communities are offering alternative programs within the public school setting. Functional Assessment Assessment of student needs for the development of educational and treatment plans is essential to successful alternative programs. Functional assessment procedures identify student strengths and skill deficits that interfere with educational achievement and social/emotional adjustment. This form of assessment is based on identifying students' needs in relationship to the curriculum and to their individualized education program (IEP), rather than on global achievement and/or ability measures.

48. Success Of Alternative Schools Ignored Success of alternative schools Ignored. Information on the schools mentioned above is from a published by the conservative Heritage Foundation in washington. http://www.austinreview.com/articles/92.html

S ECTIONS HEADLINES EDITORIALS COMMENTARY CITY ... FRONT PAGE A BOUT T HE R EVIEW To find out more about the journalists and supporters of the Austin Review, please visit our Staff Page. Questions? Comments? Would you like to help support the Review? Please visit our Response Page for details. THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2000 Success of Alternative Schools Ignored By THOMAS SOWELL P.S. 161 in Brooklyn has 35 students per class and 91 percent of those students are black, with another 8 percent being Latino. Three quarters of these students come from families poor enough to qualify for either free or subsidized lunches. Another educational disaster? Not this time. Actually, P. S. 161 students have the second-highest reading scores in the state! “It’s a lot of garbage that poor kids can’t succeed,” says principal Irwin Kurz. P.S. 161 wasn’t the only school to prove that. Students at Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem have had test scores that ranked 12th out of 235 middle schools in the city. Then there is Kipp Academy in the poverty-stricken South Bronx black and Hispanic ghetto, as well as another Kipp Academy in Houston. In California, there is the Bennett-Kew Elementary School in a rough, low-income neighborhood. All are producing better results than they are supposed to be capable of.

49. Yakima, Washington Detailed Profile - Travel And Real Estate Info, Jobs, Hotels, UNIVERSITY OF washingtonSEATTLE CAMPUS (about 106 miles MIGRANT alternative SCHOOL (Location 212 S 6TH AVE; Grades 09 - 12). Private high schools in Yakima http://www.city-data.com/city/Yakima-Washington.html

Yakima, Washington Back to Washington United States Do you have any pictures of this city? Planning a vacation? Current weather forecast for Yakima, WA Population (year 2000): 71,845 Males: 35,125 (48.9%), Females: 36,720 (51.1%) Elevation: 1066 feet County: Yakima Land area: 20.1 square miles Zip codes: 98901..98904, 98907..98909. Median resident age: 31.4 years Median household income: $29,475 (year 2000) Median house value: $106,200 (year 2000) New: Yakima, WA residents, houses, and apartments details Races in Yakima: White Non-Hispanic (59.8%) Hispanic (33.7%) Other race (22.0%) Two or more races (3.9%) American Indian (3.1%) Black (2.0%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) Ancestries: German (15.6%), Irish (8.6%), English (7.9%), United States (5.1%), French (3.9%), Norwegian (3.0%). For population 25 years and over in Yakima High school or higher: 69.4% Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.0% Graduate or professional degree: 5.9% Unemployed: 12.4% Mean travel time to work: 17.4 minutes For population 15 years and over in Yakima city Never married: 27.1%

50. Program And Services For Out-of-School Youth washington, DC Child Trends, 2002. the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently committed $31 million to build a nationwide network of alternative schools. http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/Publications/programsandservicesRN.htm

/* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var pageName = ""; /**** DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE! ****/ var code = ' '; document.write(' '); document.write('>'); Resources For Welfare Decisions Vol. 7, No. 7 June 2003 Programs and Services for Out-of-School Youth Out-of-school youth are a vulnerable population with complex needs. Many face dim employment prospects and uncertain futures. Out-of-school youth are broadly defined as youth aged 16 to 24 who are not in school and who are unemployed, underemployed, or lacking basic skills. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in October 2000 nearly 11 percent (3.8 million) of youth aged 16 to 24 were not in school and had not received a diploma or equivalent degree (Kaufman, Alt, and Chapman 2001). The NCES also reports that youth who are from families at the lowest 20 percent of income distribution were six times as likely to drop out as youth from families with the top 20 percent of incomes (Kaufman, Alt, and Chapman 2001). In addition, these youth may face other barriers – some may have had babies in their teenage years, they may be from immigrant families, they may have runaway or become homeless, or they may be transitioning from foster care homes. In today’s economy, youth who lack education or skills face significant challenges.

51. Washington Week: Student Voices washington Week Home, Medical schools to include alternative medicine classes By Melissa Huang The Johns Hopkins NewsLetter (Johns Hopkins U.) 10/22/2001. http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/voices/200110/1022medicine.html

Medical schools to include alternative medicine classes By Melissa Huang The Johns Hopkins News-Letter (Johns Hopkins U.) The new addition to the Johns Hopkins curriculum is a wide array of practices known as Complementary and Alternative Medicine, or CAM. Students appreciate the school's effort to bring awareness and understanding of the emerging practices. "I think it is important, if for no other reason than some people will be using those therapies, whether we like it or not," said Anthony Graves, a Johns Hopkins medical school student. "It is necessary to understand exactly what a patient is doing" in order to treat that patient effectively. Area medical schools also uphold the belief that doctors need to fully understand what the patient is going through in order to treat the illness effectively. Since the probability of the patient's use of the new practices is rising, medical schools have in recent years moved to add information on CAM to their required and elective coursework. Both the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine now include at least some basic CAM lectures in their curricula. The action is in response to a growing embrace of CAM both by health care consumers and by the medical establishment.

52. Alternative Schools | NW Education Seattle, washington, to Victoria, BC, as a casual conversation between a counselor educator and a teacher educator, both assistant professors in the School of http://www.nwrel.org/nwedu/summer_98/article12.html

It started on a flight from Seattle, Washington, to Victoria, B.C., as a casual conversation between a counselor educator and a teacher educator, both assistant professors in the School of Education at Gonzaga University. Soon, it had turned into a passionate dialogue about the similarities between teachers and counselors. We decided that we have much to learn from each other—that we can learn when to teach in counseling and when to counsel in teaching. We agreed that we could strengthen our positions by engaging in a united effort on the part of our kids. This also involves finding new ways of looking at children labeled "at-risk." It became apparent that both teachers and counselors need to move away from a damage/pathological model to embrace a challenge model built on assets in the child, family, school, and community. About this time, I felt like I was struck by lightning when I read Bonnie Benard's most eloquent work on resiliency, Fostering Resiliency in Kids: Protective Factors in the Family, School, and Community . Benard's research documents Emmy Werner's landmark study on resiliency and clearly tells us what makes kids succeed. My experience, expertise, and interest in counseling have taught me that one has to be flexible and continually look for ways to reach kids defined as "unreachable." We need to see all children as reachable, then find ways to reach them. However, the western education and mental health systems are based on a verbal-linguistic model, which assumes verbal ability and preference. I have long believed that art, music, and movement can be used to reach kids who are not verbal.

53. Seattle Public Schools |  Kurose Denny Eckstein Hamilton Madison McClure Meany Mercer washington Whitman 2004 Whittier Whitworth Wing Luke 2004 WSF alternative schools African American http://www.seattleschools.org/area/finance/navsubs.nav?index=-1

54. Alternative Education Resources washington. 1 alternative Education Resources We try to emphasize standout nonprofit, local sites on the Web. http//www.seattleschools.org/schools/as1/alt_ed http://www.ncsl.org/programs/educ/AlterEd.htm

Home Contact Us Press Room Site Overview ... Register Search: Advanced Search About NCSL Services Overview ... Education var doctitle=document.title document.write(doctitle) Add to My NCSL Education Program Alternative Education Legislative Tracking More Information on the web NCSL Staff Contact Alternative Education Resources Since the mid-1990s, the widespread adoption of stringent discipline policies such as zero-tolerance has led state legislatures to become more involved with crafting alternative education policy and has fueled the creation of an unprecedented number of programs for suspended and expelled students and those students who are at-risk of education failure. Throughout the United States, public school alternative education programs vary, depending on individual program objectives, goals and scope of program implementation. These pages were assembled as a research tool for policymakers interested in learning more about alternative education policy, programs and students. Studies National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Requires Adobe's Acrobat Reader "The 2001 'District Survey of Alternative Schools and Programs,' conducted NCES through its Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), is the first national study of public alternative schools and programs to provide data on topics related to the availability of public alternative schools and programs, enrollment, staffing, and services. The focus of the study is on alternative schools and programs that serve students who are at risk of educational failure, as indicated by poor grades, truancy, disruptive behavior, suspension, pregnancy, or similar factors associated with early withdrawal from school. The study presents a snapshot of alternative schools and programs for at-risk students during the 2000-01 school year."

55. Education Week: Vouchers - Schools, Magnet, Alternative, Choice, Private, Public 2 in favor of washington, declaring the money to support students in religious schools. http://www.edweek.org/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=30

56. Iowa City Press-Citizen: Your Community 5685 District schools washington High (grades 1012), washington Junior High Elementary 370 Junior high 433 Senior high 435 alternative schools 31 There http://www.press-citizen.com/yourcommunity/washcommunityschooldistr.htm

about us news sports features ... community Choose School District Clear Creek / Amana School District College Community School District Highland School District Iowa City School District Lone Tree School District Mid-Prairie School District Solon School District Washington School District West Branch School District West Liberty School District Williamsburg School District 404 W. Main Washington, IA 52353-0926 Phone: Fax: District schools: Washington High (grades 10-12), Washington Junior High (grades 7-9), Lincoln Elementary (grades 4-6), Stewart Elementary (grades K-3) District officials: Kim Kreinbring, superintendent

57. DesMoinesRegister.com | Business Soy producers lobby Congress to give subsidies to schools offering an alternative to cow s milk. By PHILIP BRASHER Register washington Bureau 10/14/2003 http://www.dmregister.com/business/stories/c4789013/22492928.html

Search: Search tips Make us your home page Subscribe to the Register Careers at the Register ... Business Business 7-day indexes Agriculture Careers Columnists Economy ... Help /* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var pageName="" var server="" var channel="" var pageType="" var pageValue="" var prop1="" var prop2="" var prop3="" var prop4="" var prop5="" var prop6="news" var prop7="business" var prop8="" var prop9="" var prop10="" /********* INSERT THE DOMAIN AND PATH TO YOUR CODE BELOW ************/ /********** DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING ELSE BELOW THIS LINE! *************/ var s_code=' ' Agriculture Schools may add soymilk to menus Soy producers lobby Congress to give subsidies to schools offering an alternative to cow's milk. By PHILIP BRASHER Register Washington Bureau Washington, D.C. - Something new could be coming to school menus - soymilk. First, however, Congress will have to settle a fight among the nation's dairy producers and soybean growers. Soybean farmers, in an unusual alliance with animal rights activists, are lobbying Congress to reimburse schools for offering kids soymilk as an alternative to cow's milk. Dairy farmers are fighting the move, but the Senate Agriculture Committee is expected to approve the soy subsidy later this month as part of an overhaul of the government's child nutrition programs.

58. Booker T. Washington School Principal Booker T. washington alternative School. Mr. Ron Amos, 1641 Derousse Avenue Delair, NJ 08110 (856) 6620877. http://www.pennsauken.net/washington.html

Principal: Booker T. Washington Alternative School Mr. Ron Amos 1641 Derousse Avenue Delair, NJ 08110 (856) 662-0877 Our Schools Washington Back to Home Page Updated: Nov. 20, 1998 The Booker T. Washington Alternative School is designed to address behaviors that interfere with the learning style of classified students in our secondary school programs (grades 6-12). The educational program follows the curriculum of the grade in which the student is assigned. The students assigned to our program will progress through a school wide behavior management system and be provided an opportunity to achieve their own individual goals. Each classified student's individualized education program (I.E.P.) outlines the educational needs of the student. The child study team, related and supportive services (Re: guidance, student assistance, and speech) are readily available. When the student achieves in the behavioral management program they are provided an opportunity to return to their respective school. The alternative education program consists of four (4) classrooms. Each classroom provides an academic program reflective of the grade level of the students assigned to that classroom.

59. Washington Toxics Coalition Dedicated to protecting public health and the environment by identifying and promoting alternatives to toxic chemicals. Provide reliable information about preventing pollution in homes, schools, workplaces, agriculture, and industry. http://www.watoxics.org/

60. Find Washington Alternative Dispute Resolution Expert Online! Free Use this free directory of ADR professionals in washington to search for alternative dispute resolution for your law practice. http://rdre1.inktomi.com/click?u=http://feedpoint.net/r/redir.jsp?engine=INK&pci

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