The Death of the Comprehensive High School?: Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives (Secondary Education in a Changing World)

This groundbreaking volume considers the ultimate fate of the comprehensive high school as we enter the twenty-first century. Contributors consider whether the question of the high school's seeming demise is exaggerated and why it is experiencing the many problems that it does. Essays focus on the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. "This groundbreaking volume brings together essays by an international group of scholars to reflect on the challenges and ultimate fate of the comprehensive high school at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The contributors consider whether the comprehensive high school is in decline and the nature of the problems and challenges that confront it. Highlighting the relationship between historical and contemporary developments, the contributors discuss the potential transformations of secondary schools. Essays focus on the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand."--BOOK JACKET This collection examines the history and future of the concept of comprehensive high school from the perspective of top scholars in the foundations and history of education. This groundbreaking volume considers whether the question of the high school's seeming demise is exaggerated and why it is experiencing the many problems that it does. Essays focus on the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand Edited By Barry M. Franklin And Gary Mcculloch. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.