Secondary Schools
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- ISBN 9781576079812
- Publication Date: 06 Oct 2003
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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A broad survey of secondary schools, their historical origins, and present-day goals, intentions, and practices in educating adolescents.
Secondary Schools: A Reference Handbook charts the planning, designing, and administration of the various types of secondary schools in the U.S. and their goals. It maps the historical foundation of the school system, examines important social and cultural movements in education, analyzes legislation and policy issues, looks at standardization, and discusses reform.
Always keeping the needs of students in close focus, this book examines public and private institutions, vocational curricula, schools within schools, as well as target audiences for specific institutions, educational standards, accessibility, admission policies, student assistance, and other important subjects.
- Chronology focuses on the historical foundations of the contemporary conceptualizations of secondary education
- Bibliography includes legislation and policy that pertain to the construction and improvement of secondary schools
Leila E. Villaverde is assistant professor of cultural foundations in the Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations Department at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC.
