Missoulian - Western Montana's News Online But anyone who s interested in a cheaper, montanamade alternative to expensive, It used to take three oil-fired boilers to heat Darby schools 118000 http://missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/19/opinion/opinion2.prt
Extractions: SUMMARY: A great source of energy actually grows on trees. Wood from western Montana forests is a ready, relatively inexpensive but underused source of heating fuel for schools and other larger buildings. Most people think of wood heat in terms of wood stoves and fireplaces fueled with cordwood. A lot of rural Montanans heat their homes that way. But modern technology makes it possible to heat larger structures using wood-fired boilers. The savings can be substantial. Just ask the Darby School District. This year, the district bought just 8,000 gallons of fuel oil. That's because this fall it switched to a biomass heating system, which is a fancy way of saying wood-fired boiler. In addition to heating the buildings, the new system heats nearly all the hot water the district needs. District officials expect to burn 600 to 700 tons of wood chips and similar forest "waste" this year at a cost of $20,000 to $22,000. All that should be enough to excite a lot more interest in large-scale biomass heating systems. But, actually, there are additional benefits. State-of-the-art wood-fired systems produce less pollution and contribute less to global climate change than many oil-, coal- and gas-fired systems. And using wood for heating fuel, rather than burning it as slash or leaving it standing for the next forest fire, also is better for air quality and the environment. The Darby schools' new heating system is a demonstration project financed largely by the U.S. Forest Service and Bitter Root Resource Conservation and Development. It's a fully automated "Cadillac" version intended to show off the promise of biomass in the schools. The economics of converting to biomass are something that other schools and institutions have to pencil out site by site. But the kind of fuel savings they're seeing in Darby certainly are fuel for
Montana Rural Education Association Great Falls, montana 59404 Spring, 1999 (Last updated 9.2001) Students whochange from large schools to small alternative secondary schools usually http://www.mrea-mt.org/class_size.html
Extractions: Introduction What follows is a brief synthesis of the research and literature concerning class size and school size issues and practices. This synthesis is not intended to be all-inclusive. The intent is to provide background and ideas for K-12 educators. An overall picture about class size and school size is emerging, especially as a result of a research emphasis since the late 1970s. Class and school size are bona fide issues facing school districts and states that have a desire to provide the very best instructional programs for children, against the backdrop of financial constraints. National goals grouped around a felt need for higher academic achievement serve to make the issues of class and school size even more complex for schools and states. With regard to class size: 1. A one-size-fits-all recommendation for class size at all grade levels has not been defined, but research confirms that reduced class size in K-3 makes for better achievement at K-3 and in later years.
My Life As A Traveling Homeschooler, By Jenifer Goldman Coalition of alternative schools Conference in Virginia; to montana to helpa group start a new alternative school; to a public alternative school http://www.spinninglobe.net/homeschooler.htm
Extractions: Roslyn HEIGHTS, NY 11577 ABOUT JENIFER'S BOOK This is a rare and perhaps unique view of the current world of alternative education and homeschooling as seen through the eyes of a 10-almost-11-year-old girl. Jenifer traveled with her uncle Jerry Mintz, a leading alternative education advocate, on adventurous trips in the United States and Canada. After getting fed up with problems in the public school system, Jenifer's mother decided to have her "homeschooled." (They all lived in the same house, along with Jeni's grandmother, pianist Ouida Mintz.) In addition to learning at home, Jenifer got to travel with her uncle to the National Coalition of Alternative Schools Conference in Virginia; to Montana to help a group start a new alternative school; to a public alternative school conference at Stanford University in California; and to meet famed educator Ivan Illich at a conference in Canada. The text, which is entirely in Jenifer's own words, is accompanied by many photographs of their travels, taken by Jerry Mintz. and Jenifer. Her perceptions will have meaning not only to those involved in alternative education, but also to anyone who has the responsibility of educating a child. However, most of all this book is written for children themselves.
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Extractions: HAVRES SCHOOL TO CAREER HISTORY Havre Public Schools, Havre rural feeder schools, Montana State University- Northern and the Havre community began working as a team in 1994 towards a School-To-Work Partnership which culminated in a grant application in 1995. The grant provided $5000.00 to begin the process. Members, besides the above mentioned, included various Havre employers, JSEC, Havre HRDC, Job Service, parents, teachers, and students. Two years prior to this the Havre School Trustees, in cooperation with the community and teachers, established a strategic plan for improving Havre Schools. A part of that strategic plan included improving the opportunities for students to transition from school to work and/or college. In 1996 HPS applied for a Continuation Grant. At that time all partners agreed that ultimately it would be a goal of the partnership to share expertise with Hi-line school districts. This small grant provided the means for further development of the goals and objectives of the Local Partnership. Again, in 1997 HPS applied for and received grant monies to continue its work in development of a school-to-work system. Among other activities, job shadowing and summer teacher internships began at this time. Jobs for Montana Graduates was introduced to students at both the regular high school and the alternative program. Beginning in 1998, the first year of federal funding of the Montana state-wide STW system, HPS received $41,000 to begin the process of designing and implementing a STW system. Further funding has been provided in 1999 and the current fiscal year. HPSs leadership is committed to providing a unified K-16 program. Career awareness begins in the K-5 program including field trips, summer Mini-Society Workshops, Get-A-Life portfolio and staff training; more in-depth career awareness and employer workshops for 6-8 students. Currently HPS provides a strong work-based component with job shadowing beginning in the 8
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Extractions: Montana state law provides that no person shall serve as an administrator, specialist, or instructor in an accredited school until he or she has obtained a Montana educator license. The Montana Educator Licensure Program is charged with placing a highly qualified teacher in every classroom. Therefore, the Board of Public Education's Administrative Rules for educator licensure reflect the state's commitment to quality teaching and quality schools. The direct result of Montana's licensure requirements is a cadre of educators whose professional conduct and commitment creates top performing students.
Democratic School Governance Sussex School, a 70 student independent alternative in Missoula, montana, had awaiting list of 325. Those people, with the help of Sussex, hired me to help http://www.educationrevolution.org/demschoolgov.html
Extractions: There are currently many hundreds of schools in the United States and other countries, both private and public, which operate with varying degrees of of student self-government. These take a variety of forms, including democratic vote by students and teachers, a majority vote, or consensus by students and teachers. For the purposes of this discussion I am not including representative governments or student councils because, for the most part, they are nothing more than a sham and have very little decision making power. It is our contention that the more that the student learner can be empowered, involved in making decisions about his or her education, the more powerful that force can be toward helping them to take true responsibility for their own education. I feel that it is possible to set up such a decision-making process almost anywhere, and that all participants should have safeguards in that process. In a true democratic process, decisions are made by using all the creative forces and all the authority of the many participants who are involved in making those decisions. To the extent that they are disempowered by special groups having veto power, to that extent is the authority and the creative power of the total body eroded.
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Extractions: Skip to the Content of the Page The Montana Campus Compact works to build better communities and more responsive academic institutions by supporting innovative teaching, research, and service projects that benefit the community, while providing students with hands-on experience in their academic classes. Through this program, which has included Faculty Fellowships, a strong network of service-learning faculty has emerged to provide support for new and potential service-learning faculty as well as for each other. Faculty Fellows 2002-2003 Working with the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind (MSDB), Julia Becker , the University of Great Falls, and her students will provide dance, drama, visual art and music workshops on a bi-weekly basis. These workshops will offer opportunities to disseminate information to the public about blindness and the Montana School for Deaf and Blind. They will also allow her students to implement course instruction from the Art Department. As a Mentoring Faculty Fellow, Dale Engstrom of Salish Kootenai College , will continue to work on The Qeqs Mipnunm, project, which creates a learning environment where Native American environmental science students will be given the opportunity to apply what they have learned, to work with mentors within their field of study, to learn the correct application of techniques and standards to environmental problems, and to offer service to their community, the reservation, in meaningful projects.
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NEA: NEA Today - March 2005 President Bush has put improving high schools at the center of the education who already should have been removed and sent to alternative schools. http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0503/upfront.html
Extractions: Up Front March 2005 Table of Contents Cover Story Features Departments Reader Services Weigh in on Debate Topics Change your address Write a letter View past issues ... NEA Today This, despite the growing consensus among both educators and parents that public schools are already spending too much time and energy testing and retesting students. The so-called No Child Left Behind law (NCLB) requires testing every year in grades 3 through 8, plus once between grades 10 and 12. President Bush proposes to add two more years of testing: Every child would be tested every year between grades 3 and 11. Most educators don't think that's the path to higher achievement. Here's a summary of NEA's plan to boost learning in America's high schools:
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Extractions: Prospective students who searched for alternative schools in pennsylvania found the following resources, articles, links, and information helpful. September 23, 2005 Zip Code: Radius: 100 Miles 90 Miles 80 Miles 70 Miles 60 Miles 50 Miles 40 Miles 30 Miles 20 Miles 10 Miles Prospective students who searched for alternative schools in pennsylvania found the following resources, articles, links, and information helpful.
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Extractions: Contact us today to get help for struggling teens With the quality of most public schools dwindling as a result of increased enrollment and decreased funding, many parents seek alternative schools to educate their children. Effective alternatives include private schools whose focus is a military style of discipline and education. Military schools provide cadets with the traditional college prep curriculum found in public schools, but the quality of teaching often exceeds that found in public school. Since most military schools are also a boarding school, many times the teachers are fully dedicated to the students and can offer extra academic assistance. In addition to a quality education, cadets can expect to have organized daily study time to ensure they complete their assignments and keep from falling behind.
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