The new American high school (Record no. 15599)
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| fixed length control field | 02397nam a2200361 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 373.73 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Sizer, Theodore R. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The new American high school |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | San Francisco : |
| Name of publisher | Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand, |
| Year of publication | 2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxvii, 244 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "The late Theodore Sizer's vision for a truly democratic public high school systemOur current high schools are ill-designed and inefficient. We have inherited a program of studies that in its overall structure has not changed in over a century. The question is What's next? Theodore Sizer, the founder of The Coalition of Essential Schools, was a passionate advocate for the American school system. In this, his last book, he offers a vision of what a future secondary education might look like. In a book that tells the story of his own odyssey, Sizer gives shape to a much-needed agenda for improving our high schools. Includes a vision for the future of our High Schools from one of America's greatest leaders of educational reform Written by Theodore Sizer founder of The Coalition of Essential Schools and author of landmark book Horace's Compromise This final book from the late Theodore Sizer reveals the man and his vision for our secondary education system"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | High schools |
| Topical Term | Education, Secondary |
| Topical Term | Educational change |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10713570 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| -- | Provided by publisher. |
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