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ERIC Number: EJ355462
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Central Park East: An Alternative Story.
Meier, Deborah
Phi Delta Kappan, v68 n10 p753-57 Jun 1987
Central Park East school was founded in 1974 in Harlem (NY) as an alternative elementary school within the public inner city school system. In 1984 it had expanded into three elementary alternative schools and added a fourth secondary school. It is considered a progressive school following in the tradition of New York city's private schools. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Children, Nontraditional Education, Parent School Relationship, School Choice, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Central Park East School NY