The Hows and Whys of Alternative Education: Schools Where Students Thrive [Hardcover]

Darlene Leiding has once again proven she is one of the country's leading advocates for the rights of all children to receive a quality education. In her latest book, she again raises the point that education must be tailored to the learning needs and style of the student, not the teaching style of the instructor. She makes it clear that a one size fits all approach to education in this melting pot we call America threatens the future of our youth&She presents a comprehensive look at school choice and lays out the pros and cons of the various options to make education more accessible, engaging and successful for the divergent segments of today's youth.Darlene Leiding uses her perspective on charter school performance to suggest a more positive approach to an educational crisis in America. She presents productive alternatives to a public school system locked up in bureaucracy and ineffective politically correct thinking. This is a fresh new way of looking at education which all administrators should take to heart.This is a must read book for the individual who has a predisposition to helping children, no matter what the vehicle. Whether the child will best thrive in a home school, private school, or alternative public school setting, the book can assist parents intheir discernment. It can provide parents and guardians with the technical and conceptual tools necessary to comfortably choose a school that will educate and liberate each child in need. The book may also be of benefit to individuals, especially administrators, educators and board members of public and private schools who occasionally allow the collective history to pass as innovative and new. The book can assist the reader in an exploration of alternative education and its many flavors. It can aidthe reader in an understanding that the movement of alternative education is as old as Plato choosing a log that will fit the willing learner. As a mature movement in education, it calls out not to be tamed nló: