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ERIC Number: EJ534719
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
Success at Contact: The Argument for Alternative Schools for At-Risk Youth.
Gagne, Antoinette
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v42 n3 p306-24 Sep 1996
Discusses three types of alternative high schools and factors associated with success in meeting the needs of at-risk or marginalized youth in these schools. Describes Contact Alternative High School (Toronto)--part of Canada's Exemplary Schools Project--and the ways in which it has incorporated such success factors in its educational philosophy, structure, educational strategies, and school policies. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, High Risk Students, High Schools, Nontraditional Education, School Effectiveness, Self Esteem, Track System (Education), Urban Schools
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Exemplary Schools Project (Canada); Ontario (Toronto)
Note: Theme issue with title: "Secondary Schools and the Canadian Mosaic: The Exemplary Schools Project."