The new American high school / Theodore R. Sizer ; foreword by Deborah Meier ; introduction by Nancy Faust Sizer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sizer, Theodore R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

High schools--United States.

High schools.

Education, Secondary--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Secondary.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The late Theodore Sizer's vision for a truly democratic public high school systemOur current high schools are ill-designed and inefficient. We have inherited a program of studies that in its overall structure has not changed in over a century. The question is What's next? Theodore Sizer, the founder of The Coalition of Essential Schools, was a passionate advocate for the American school system. In this, his last book, he offers a vision of what a future secondary education might look like. In a book that tells the story of his own odyssey, Sizer gives shape to a much-needed agenda for improving our high schools. Includes a vision for the future of our High Schools from one of America's greatest leaders of educational reform Written by Theodore Sizer founder of The Coalition of Essential Schools and author of landmark book Horace's Compromise This final book from the late Theodore Sizer reveals the man and his vision for our secondary education system"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Praise for The New American High School

Also by Theodore R. Sizer

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Foreword by Deborah Meier

Preface: The Lay of the Land

Introduction by Nancy Faust Sizer

CHAPTER ONE: The Problem

CHAPTER TWO: Growing Up American

CHAPTER THREE: Learning

CHAPTER FOUR: Differences

CHAPTER FIVE: The Language of Schooling

CHAPTER SIX: Time

CHAPTER SEVEN: Space and Costs

CHAPTER EIGHT: Courses

CHAPTER NINE: Technology

CHAPTER TEN: Pedagogy

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Testing

CHAPTER TWELVE: Choice

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Faith

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Morality

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Prospect

Acknowledgments

Further Reading

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781118584989

1118584988

9781118584972

111858497X

OCLC:

847135891