C&EN

Alternative Grading in Chemistry Helps Emphasize Learning

Adopters of alternative grading see it as offering something that traditional grading does not: a shift in student motivation away from chasing percentage points on quizzes and tests, and toward ...
Nashville Scene

Metro Nashville School District Shares Goals for Alternative Learning Centers

The Metro Nashville Public Schools district shared its ongoing goals for redesigning alternative learning centers at a school board meeting Tuesday. There are three alternative learning centers — ...

An 'impossible task': Brevard Schools mulls doing away with alternative learning centers

In Brevard Public Schools, expelled doesn't really mean expelled — at least, not in the traditional sense. The terminology ...
Post-Bulletin

For Minnesota's ESP of the year, Rochester's Alternative Learning Center is a place to help students thrive

Monica Eggert has been working in Rochester Public Schools for the last 13 years, the last 10 of which have been at the district's Alternative Learning Center. Monica Eggert, an education support ...
Post-Bulletin

Rochester Public Schools prepares to launch middle school alternative learning center

ROCHESTER — Students who struggle to cope with the environment of Rochester’s large, mainstream middle schools will soon have another option to consider. On Tuesday, Feb. 20, the Rochester School ...
KSAT

Alternative Learning Environment substitute teacher finds future adoptive daughter in classroom

SAN ANTONIO – A full-time Alternative Learning Environment (ALE) substitute at Northside ISD has spent the last three years working to become a full-time certified teacher, but on her journey to reach ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Little Rock School District looks to expand alternative learning options

Amid a growing need for student mental, academic and behavioral health support services, the Little Rock School District is considering a plethora of restructuring options to its alternative learning ...
Long Island Press

Wheatley’s alternative learning program provides students with college-like schedule, community

Many students might have been dreading the return to school after the recent April break. Those in Wheatley’s alternative school likely weren’t among them. Wheatley’s School Within a School has ...