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The comprehensive public high school : historical perspectives

Title: The comprehensive public high school : historical perspectives / Craig Campbell, Geoffrey Sherington.
Author: Campbell, Craig, 1949-
Publication: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

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Additional Authors

Sherington, Geoffrey.

Description

x, 207 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

"By the mid-twentieth century, the comprehensive public high school was often regarded as the most democratic form of secondary education. Fifty years later it was under challenge. New educational markets emphasized school diversity and parental choice rather than social equity through common schooling. The comprehensives faced many criticisms, including the decline of their educational standards. Using Australian schools as a case study, this book traces the history of this decline, attending to the relationships between government education policies and their diverse regional manifestations. The book concludes with a discussion of the prospects for the comprehensive high school on an international level."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Secondary education in a changing world

Uniform Title

Secondary education in a changing world

Subject

Genre/Form

Cross-cultural studies.
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-199) and index.

Contents

Origins -- Postwar planning -- Going comprehensive -- In retreat -- The market.

ISBN

1403964890
9781403964892

LCCN

2005047556

OCLC

ocm59818216
59818216
SCSB-8899596

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library