Alternative education misunderstood.

• Author: Fisher, Bill
• Position: Letters to the Editor - Letter to the editor

I am writing in regard to "Suspension Trap" by Anna Louie Sussman (April issue). As a retired alternative and correctional educator, I find many implications in this article to be based on half-truths. The article presents a limited number of examples, each casting a negative light on alternative education.

Alternative education, like all education, is an extremely complex endeavor. Often, it must take on the failures of traditional schools and turn them into successes. Some parents have very negative perceptions of...