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9781403977694

The Death of the Comprehensive High School? Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives

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    9781403977694

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    1403977690

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-11-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Summary

This groundbreaking volume considers the ultimate fate of the comprehensive high school as we enter the twenty-first century. Contributors consider 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.

Author Biography

Barry M. Franklin is Professor of Secondary Education and Adjunct Professor of History at Utah State University. Gary McCulloch is the Brian Simon Professor of the History of Education, Institute of Education, University of London.

Table of Contents

Introduction - The Death of the Comprehensive High School? Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectivesp. 3
Custodialism and Career Preparation in a Comprehensive High School, 1929-1942p. 19
Education for All American Youth (1944): A Failed Attempt to Extend the Comprehensive High Schoolp. 37
The Comprehensive High School, Enrollment Expansion, and Inequality: The United States in the Postwar Erap. 53
Breathing Life into Small School Reform: Advocating for Critical Care in Small Schools of Colorp. 73
Soul Making in the Comprehensive High School: The Legacies of Frederick Wiseman's High School and High School IIp. 93
The End of the Comprehensive High School? African American Support for Private School Vouchersp. 111
The Formation of Comprehensive Education: Scandinavian Variationsp. 131
Missing, Presumed Dead? What Happened to the Comprehensive School in England and Wales?p. 147
The Comprehensive Ideal in New Zealand: Challenges and Prospectsp. 169
"My Parents Came Here with Nothing and They Wanted Us to Achieve": Italian Australians and School Successp. 185
Epilogue - The Future of the Comprehensive High Schoolp. 201
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