| 词条 | ALPHA Alternative School |
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ALPHA Alternative School is an alternative school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Toronto's oldest public alternative school.[1] It was created by parents, and based on the Ontario government's Hall-Dennis Report.[2] ALPHA stands for "A lot of people hoping for an alternative."[1] It is located downtown on Brant Street, near Adelaide St. The school was started with no tests or grades. Behaviour rules were created and enforced by students and staff democratically.[3] BackgroundALPHA is based on a philosophy of "non-coercive, holistic, learner-centered education".[4] ReceptionALPHA was the focus of the Masters thesis Defining and Defending a Democratic Education Site, by Deb O'Rourke. The Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning published an article, Letting the Child Work, based on this thesis.[5] The London Daily Mail described the school in 2013 as "one of the trailblazers of alternative education methods".[6] Alpha IIAlpha II Alternative School is a student-directed senior and secondary school for grades 7 to 12 located in Toronto. Part of the Toronto District School Board, Alpha II was founded in 2007 by a group of ALPHA parents.[7] Students decide for themselves what to learn and how to learn it.[8] School-wide decisions are made by a student-led weekly meeting where each person's voice counts in developing consensus.[8]References1. ^1 Toronto Star article: [https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/05/08/alpha_torontos_alternative_school_marks_40_years_by_catching_up_with_students.html School marks 40 years] 2. ^ALPHA website 3. ^Huffington Post: Alpha Alternative celebrates radical past 4. ^ALPHA's philosophy on their website 5. ^Letting the Child Work{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (PDF), 6. ^Daily Mail article: Toronto ALPHA Alternative School 7. ^{{cite web|title=Alpha II Alternative School History |publisher=Alpha II Alternative School |url=http://schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/alpha2/AboutUs/History.aspx}} 8. ^1 {{cite web|title=About Alpha II Alternative School |publisher=Alpha II Alternative School |url=http://schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/alpha2/AboutUs.aspx}} External links
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