non-formal education

"An account of one family's choice to live close to nature and to allow their children to learn naturally, without school, in a self-directed manner"--Amazon.

Offers advice on selecting and relating with community resource partners for science education such as nature centers, museums, and parks.

Offers guidance on the wide-ranging opportunities in alternative and vocational education.

Presents a study of a gap year's influence on student development.

A guide for high school students to different types of colleges and training schools that offer preparation for careers in fields requiring widely varying skills.

Describes the accomplishments of eleven teenagers who are self-taught or home schooled and presents a case for home schooling.

Contains over twenty essays written by and for teens that offer advice on surviving high school, choosing a college, and the admissions process, and discuss alternatives to the four-year college.

Offers guidance and advice to students who choose to spend the year between high school and college outside the classroom, discussing how college deans view the "gap year, " economics, and the types of programs available; and also provides information on financial aid and tax savings.