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ERIC Number: EJ242418
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Apr
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The First Decade of Public School Alternatives.
Raywid, Mary Anne
Phi Delta Kappan, v62 n8 p551-54 Apr 1981
Describes the origins of alternative schools within U. S. public school systems and the reasons for their rapid proliferation. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Delinquency Prevention, Educational Innovation, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools, Nontraditional Education, School Desegregation, Urban Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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