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. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 1 Introduction—The Death of the Comprehensive High School? Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives......Page 10 Historical Perspectives......Page 24 2 Custodialism and Career Preparation in a Comprehensive High School, 1929–1942......Page 26 3 Education for All American Youth (1944): A Failed Attempt to Extend the Comprehensive High School......Page 44 4 The Comprehensive High School, Enrollment Expansion, and Inequality: The United States in the Postwar Era......Page 60 Contemporary Perspectives......Page 78 5 Breathing Life into Small School Reform: Advocating for Critical Care in Small Schools of Color......Page 80 6 Soul Making in the Comprehensive High School: The Legacies of Frederick Wiseman’s High School and High School II......Page 100 7 The End of the Comprehensive High School? African American Support for Private School Vouchers......Page 118 Comparative Perspectives......Page 136 8 The Formation of Comprehensive Education: Scandinavian Variations......Page 138 9 Missing, Presumed Dead? What Happened to the Comprehensive School in England and Wales?......Page 154 10 The Comprehensive Ideal in New Zealand: Challenges and Prospects......Page 176 11 “My Parents Came Here with Nothing and They Wanted Us to Achieve”: Italian Australians and School Success......Page 192 Epilogue......Page 206 12 Epilogue—The Future of the Comprehensive High School......Page 208 Contributors......Page 212 B......Page 214 C......Page 215 E......Page 217 H......Page 218 L......Page 219 M......Page 220 P......Page 221 R......Page 222 S......Page 223 V......Page 224 Z......Page 225 "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.