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Notability

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ALPHA is notable for the following reasons:

  • It is Toronto's oldest public alternative school
  • It is the only school based on the Ontario government's landmark Hall-Dennis Report
  • It is extremely rare to have a public school that has no grades, tests or homework
  • It is extremely rare to have a public school in which day-to-day running of the school, including making and enforcing behaviour rules, is done by students and staff democratically
  • It gained international prominence in May, 2013 with a London Daily Mail article, as well as a major spread in the Toronto Star and a Huffington Post article (both linked to from ALPHA Alternative School) Throughme (talk) 01:39, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • It was prominent at a conference on alternative education sponsored by York University (as described in ALPHA Alternative School)
  • It was the focus of a Masters thesis and journal article (now linked to from ALPHA Alternative School) Throughme (talk) 02:32, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Notability is determined through the guidelines at WP:N, namely the general notability guideline: significant coverage in multiple reliable, independent sources. (?) czar  22:29, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]