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The Death of the Comprehensive High School?: Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives(Secondary Education in a Changing World)

The Death of the Comprehensive High School?: Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives(Secondary Education in a Changing World)


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This groundbreaking volume considers whether the question of the high school's seeming demise is exaggerated and why it is experiencing the many problems that it does. Essays focus on the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

Table of Contents:
The Death of the Comprehensive High School? Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives; B.M.Franklin  & G.McCulloch PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Custodialism and Career Preparation in a Comprehensive High School, 1929-1942; S.G.Terzian Education for All American Youth (1944): A Failed Attempt to Extend the Comprehensive High School; W.J.Urban The Comprehensive High School, Enrollment Expansion, and Inequality: The United States in the Post-War Era; J.L.Rury PART TWO: CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES Death to the Comprehensive High School and Life to Small School Reform: Advocating for Critical Care in Small Schools of Color; R.Antrop-González  & A.De Jesús Soul Making in the Comprehensive High School: The Legacies of Frederick Wiseman's High School and High School II; J.R.Rosario The End of the Comprehensive High School? African American Support for Private School Vouchers; T.C.Pedroni PART THREE: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES The Formation of Comprehensive Education: Scandinavian Variations; S.Wiborg Missing, Presumed Dead? What Happened to the Comprehensive School in England and Wales; D.Crook The Comprehensive Ideal in New Zealand: Challenge and Prospects; G.Lee, H.Lee &  R.Openshaw 'My Parents Came Here with Nothing and They Wanted Us to Achieve': Italian Australians and School Success; P.Miller

About the Author :
Gary McCulloch is Brian Simon Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780230338463
  • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 218
  • Series Title: Secondary Education in a Changing World
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0230338461
  • Publisher Date: 14 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives


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