Title: Alternative Schooling – National Dropout Prevention Center
Headings: Alternative Schooling
Alternative Schooling
Overview
Alternative Schooling Is Needed
What Is Alternative Schooling?
Expected Benefits
Key Elements of Successful Programs
References

Content: Magnet School —designed to focus on selected curriculum areas with specialized teachers and with student attendance usually by choice; Second-Chance School —designed for students who are judged to be troubled and placed in the school by the courts or the school district as a last chance before being expelled or incarcerated; and
Charter School —designed as an autonomous educational entity operating under a contract negotiated between the state agency and the local school sponsors. Expected Benefits
There is much anecdotal literature about the effectivenes of alternative schools in keeping students in school. Alternative schools have been successful in: reducing truancy; improving attitudes toward school; accumulating high school credits; and
reducing behavior problems (Cash, 2004). Key Elements of Successful Programs
There does appear to be a consistent profile of the most successful schools.