Alternative education and second chance schools : global and Latin American perspectives on its history and outlook

Alternative Education has become a tool for inclusion for young people with particular needs not normally addressed in homogeneous schools. This article presents a theoretical review of its history, its typology and the organizational schemes used as it correlates to the regular school system. We review the impact of Alternative Education's Second Chance Schools on student performance and retention based on the experience in Latin America, Europe and the US. [Publisher's text]