A state grant program for alternative schools in Indiana was announced in 1997. Less than one-half of Indiana school corporations applied for the funding for the 1998-99 school year. The purpose of this study was to determine if specific barriers were preventing Indiana superintendents from implementing alternative programs in 1999-2000, and if those barriers were associated with select demographic variables.The results indicated that 77%- of the 264 responding superintendents had or participated in an alternative program. There was a significant association between the size of a corporation's student body and the barrier of 11 acceptance''. This barrier consists of concerns about alternative education that carry a negative tone. There were significant associations between the existence of alternative education and the superintendents' final level of education, the size of the corporation's student body, and the assessed valuation of the corporation. Smaller and poorer corporations with a superintendent without a doctoral degree in Indiana were less likely to have or use an alternative program. / Department of Educational Leadership
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/178294 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | McGuire, David B. |
| Contributors | McKinney, Joseph R. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | xi, 127 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
| Coverage | n-us-in |
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