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Alternative schools
Career Preparation
January 30, 2023

Up, up and away: Alternative school teaches students to fly

Monterey County program opens doors to careers in aviation - and the magic of flight

Carolyn Jones
High-needs students
August 6, 2020

Alternative schools’ ‘relentless’ fight to keep track of students during pandemic

Teachers are working long hours to engage students who are most likely to drop out during campus closures.

Carolyn Jones
Data
April 1, 2018

More questions surface on accuracy of California school absentee data

The California Department of Education adds warnings to its website of inaccurate chronic absenteeism data.

Nico Savidge
Student Well-Being
April 1, 2018

Chronic absence rates high at many California continuation schools

Continuation schools can be a last chance for a diploma, but state data shows many struggle to get students to attend each day.

Nico Savidge
Discipline
May 25, 2017

State board rethinking how to measure performance of alternative schools

Standard metrics often don't capture the work of schools serving at-risk students.

John Fensterwald