http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/ucla_cts_alternativeeducation/rss Recent eScholarship items from Alternative Education Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:50:04 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1cq4b457 <p>California’s alternative education system, particularly its Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS) schools, serves as a vital but often overlooked pathway for historically marginalized and vulnerable students. This report analyzes 2022–23 data from 894 DASS schools, representing 150,009 students, to evaluate the effectiveness of these settings.</p><p>The findings reveal that DASS schools disproportionately enroll Black, Latine, Indigenous, foster, homeless, socioeconomically disadvantaged, disabled students, and other populations facing significant systemic barriers. Educational outcomes in these settings highlight profound disparities compared to non-alternative schools, including a 60% chronic absenteeism rate, a 58% five-year graduation rate, and significantly lower proficiency in English Language Arts and mathematics. Furthermore, the analysis identifies systemic challenges in staffing, leadership, and accountability frameworks that often fail to adequately capture... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1cq4b457 Fri, 8 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Huang, Hui Bishop, Joseph P. Jaramillo Castillo, Adriana