alternative schooling
Education outside mainstream
Alternative schooling is education that takes place outside traditional public or private school systems.
This includes homeschooling, unschooling, Montessori programs, Waldorf schools, charter schools, and online academies.
Parents pursue alternative schooling for various reasons—religious beliefs, dissatisfaction with conventional curricula, or children's special needs: They chose alternative schooling after their daughter struggled in public school.
- progressive educationChild-centered pedagogical approach
- homeschoolingFamily-directed academic instruction
- learning podsSmall private teaching groups
- online learning platformsWeb-based instructional systems
- equity in educationEqual opportunity in learning
virtual classrooms · parental involvement · democratic education · self-directed learning · open classroom · flipped classroom · constructivism · cooperative learning · madrasa · unschooling · unschooling
- educationeducation, teachers, students, learning, teaching
- adult educationadult education, adult learning, GED prep, adult classes, adult education center
- school dropoutsdropout, dropping out, dropout rates, dropout prevention, GED
alternative schoolingtraditional education
Standard classroom-based instruction
traditional schooling · public schooling · state education · rote learning · classical education
alternative schoolingtraditional schooling
In-person classroom instruction
alternative schoolingpublic school system
Government-operated educational network
state school · compulsory education · district schools · parochial school
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