The Alternative High School Initiative launched a Place-Based Partnership with the city of Indianapolis, Indiana in 2007, and with Nashville, Tennessee and Newark, New Jersey in 2008. Through the Place-Based Partnership initiative, each of the three cities are developing new, student-centered high schools that ensure that all young people, particularly those for whom traditional school settings have not been successful, have the opportunity to graduate and achieve success in college, work, and life.

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Newark, New Jersey

Team Members

• Newark Public Schools Office of Alternative Education
• The Office of the Mayor
• Rutgers University
• Essex County College
• The Nicholson Foundation

Policy Conditions

• State supervision, new Superintendent
• Per-pupil funding $20,000+

Current Goals

• Introduce AHSI to local foundation community
• “Planning year” for 3 Big Picture and 2 Diploma Plus schools
• Facilitate internal/external shift in perception of alternative education

Progress

• Opened Communities in Schools PLC; aligning existing program with Gateway to College