scholarly journals 'My life is a rollercoaster': A survey of homeless youth who attended an alternative high school

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Abby Martin ◽  
Tom Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Homeless Youth ◽  
Alternative High School

Prospective Prediction of Alternative High School Graduation Status at Emerging Adulthood1

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (12) ◽  
pp. 2452-2468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Sussman ◽  
Louise A. Rohrbach ◽  
Silvana Skara ◽  
Clyde W. Dent
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Alternative High School ◽  
High School Graduation ◽  
School Graduation

Composing Texts and Identities in an Alternative High School English Class

2014 ◽  
pp. 479-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Beth Hines ◽  
Michael L. Kersulov ◽  
Leslie Rowland ◽  
Rebecca Rupert
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Alternative High School ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
High School English ◽  
Theater Of The Oppressed ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
English Class ◽  
The Social

This chapter is drawn from a qualitative case study of one alternative high school English class, tracing students' engagement and resistance with digital media and school-based literacy practices, exploring how each student's use of literacy and digital media led to the formation of particular identities in the social sphere of the classroom. In this chapter the authors focus on two students, Callie--loud and socially dominant-- and Nina, quiet, reserved, outside the social circle. The authors trace the students' respective discursive practices in two composition units-- a multimodal children's book unit and a Theater of the Oppressed unit. The chapter argues that both young women have strong literacy skills and are strategic in using them, thereby creating particular identities as they produced texts.

Substance Use on School Property among Students Attending Alternative High Schools in the United States

2001 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy D. Brener ◽  
Todd W. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Alternative High School ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Students ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
School Property

We analyzed nationally representative data from the 1998 National Alternative High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to determine the prevalence of substance use on school property among alternative high school students in the United States, to describe the characteristics of students who use substances on school property, and to examine the interrelationships of substance-use behaviors. During the 30 days preceding the survey, nearly 48 percent of students used at least one substance on school property and 17 percent used more than one substance on school property. Males were more likely than females and white students were more likely than black or Hispanic students to have used substances on school property. The results of this and other studies suggest that school administrators, public health practitioners, and policy makers should work to improve strategies for reducing substance use in this heterogeneous, hard-to-reach population.

LIFETIME INHALANT USE AMONG ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TEXAS: PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF USERS

2002 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa A. Fleschler ◽  
Susan R. Tortolero ◽  
Elizabeth R. Baumler ◽  
Sally W. Vernon ◽  
Nancy F. Weller
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Alternative High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Alternative High School Students

Treatment of Chemically Dependent Adolescents in an Alternative High School Setting

1995 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. James ◽  
David D. Moore ◽  
Julia F. Hastings
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Alternative High School ◽  
Chemically Dependent ◽  
High School Setting
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