Alternative Schooling and Student Engagement Canadian Stories of Democracy within Bureaucracy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bascia, Nina (Editor), Fine, Esther Sokolov (Editor), Levin, Malcolm (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Education > History.; Curriculum Studies.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Educational Policy and Politics.; History of Education.

This book explores the unique phenomenon of public alternative schools in Toronto, Canada and other large urban areas.  Although schools of this kind have existed for more than a century, very little has been written about the alternative school movement. These alternatives focus more on child-cente...