Can alternative programs help at-risk and special-needs students? Alternative high school programs can help address dropout rates / John H. Tyler and Magnus Lofstrom
Schools lower dropout rates by forcing students to go to alternative schools / Heather Vogell
At-risk students are forced into alternative schools / Scott Travis and Megan O'Matz
Specialized schools are vital for hearing-impaired students / National Association of the Deaf
Hearing-impaired students do well socially in mainstream classrooms / Shirin D. Antia, Patricia Jones, John Luckner, Kathryn H. Kreimeyer, and Susanne Reed
Children with mental disabilities should be included in mainstream classrooms / Nirvi Shah
Inclusion does not benefit disabled students / Barbara Jones
What are alternatives to a high school diploma? The GED is a valuable alternative to high school for Hispanics / Richard Fry
GED offers "minimal value" / Mary Pilon
A more difficult and expensive GED puts a burden on test takers / Kavitha Cardoza
A harder GED is coming, and it's a good thing for students / James E. Causey
Are charter and magnet schools good alternatives for students? Charter schools improve high school graduation rates / Kevin Booker, Tim R. Sass, Brian Gill, and Ron Zimmer
Why charter schools need better oversight / Jeff Bryant
Charter schools financially starve neighborhood schools / Timothy Meegan
Charter high schools improve outcomes for minority students / Jackie Hardy
Magnet schools promote diversity and improve student performance / Genevieve Siegel-Hawley and Erica Frankenberg
Funding of Connecticut magnet schools is unfair and unsustainable / Robert A. Frahm
Is online learning a good alternative for high school students? Motivating high school students in online courses is difficult / Elizabeth Murphy and María A. Rodríguez-Manzanares
Consider alternative schooling: column / Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Online K-12 schools in Colorado are failing students / Burt Hubbard and Nancy Mitchell
MOOC: will these four letters change K-12? / Michelle Locke
Massive open online courses are overhyped and have serious problems for K-12 / Audrey Watters.
