[Maillist] Support for Alternatives in Education

[Connie and Ray Morley]

I just finished a book which just published in 2008. The book offered  
me even more encouragement that the new reforms for education  
recognize the primary constructs used to form the alternative  
education movement and the development of alternative schools and  
programs. If you are looking for some research to help others  
understand your alternative school or why the school district should  
have an alternative learning environment, read this book. Better yet,  
have your critics read the book.

Book:

  Christensen, Clayton M., Horn, Michael B., Johnson, Curtis w. 2008.  
Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the  
World Learns. MsGraw Hill. New York.

             Recommendations for change:
             We need a modular system

             Autonomous Business Units

             Power and separation to make customization possible

             Student centrality is the baseline for change



The following resources and many more appear in the book identified  
above. I selected three that begged further review. They may be of  
interest to you.


http://www.marcpr. ensky.com   A website based on how we think about  
learning. Select the writings to explore learning differences of the  
students of today.

http://www.careervision.org/About/BallAptitudeBattery.htm

  --An Inventory of student aptitudes giving insight into learning a  
student will enjoy because of the relationship to career development-- 
the answer to what they will become.

http://taxonomy.pbwiki.com
-Clarification scheme for schools capturing the key structural and  
operational differences that may be related to student outcomes. The  
operation differences of alternative schools identified in "What is  
Alternative About Your Alternative" (www.IAAE.net)align with the new  
clarification schemes for future schools.





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