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The New American High School

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The late Theodore Sizer's vision for a truly democratic public high school system

Our 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.


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    Publisher: Wiley

    Kindle Book

    • Release date: May 22, 2013

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    • ISBN: 9781118584972
    • Release date: May 22, 2013

    EPUB ebook

    • ISBN: 9781118584972
    • File size: 516 KB
    • Release date: May 22, 2013

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    English

    The late Theodore Sizer's vision for a truly democratic public high school system

    Our 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.


    Expand title description text