The Comprehensive Public High School: Historical Perspectives (Secondary Education in a Changing World) pdf epub fb2

The Comprehensive Public High School: Historical Perspectives (Secondary Education in a Changing World) by Geoffrey Sherington, Craig Campbell pdf epub fb2

The Comprehensive Public High School: Historical Perspectives (Secondary Education in a Changing World) Author: Geoffrey Sherington, Craig Campbell
Title: The Comprehensive Public High School: Historical Perspectives (Secondary Education in a Changing World)
ISBN: 1403964890
ISBN13: 978-1403964892
Other Formats: lrf mobi azw txt
Pages: 224 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; First edition (February 22, 2006)
Language: English
Category: Education & Teaching
Size PDF version: 1569 kb
Size EPUB version: 1884 kb
Subcategory: Schools & Teaching




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.