The comprehensive public high school: historical perspectives

This study analyzes the comprehensive public high school as both a policy ideal and a social institution by highlighting the development of high school in Australia, the UK, and the US. It focuses on such issues as: changing policy approaches to public high school, the "middle class flight" to private schools,how school systems in Australia mirror international policy changes, and the tensions between local and regional decision-making groups interested in reforming secondary high school policy. INDICE: Introduction.Origins of the Comprehensive High School.Social and Political Contexts.The Social Justice Era.The Comprehensive High in an Education Market.Embattlement and Survival.Conclusion

• ISBN: 978-1-1370-3374-1
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido