Written by an interdisciplinary group of experts in education,
psychology, sociology, and other fields, this landmark handbook
provides a thorough examination of U.S. secondary education from
the private academies of Colonial America to the comprehensive high
schools and alternative schools of today. This accessible
compendium is a treasure trove of reliable and authoritative
information for educators, parents, and students. The first volume
includes original entries on assessment, architecture, bullying,
campus life, censorship, college preparation, desegregation,
disabilities, ethnic identity, family and community involvement,
finance inequality, gangs, home schooling, homework, immigrants,
intelligence, learning styles, magnet schools, mentoring, peer
groups and peer culture, prom, reunions, rural schools, school
boards, school to work programs, sex education, sports,
standardized tests, student rights, teacher certification, teacher
shortage, test preparation, violence, vouchers, and yearbooks, just
to name a few. This volume includes primary documents, each with
scene and context-setting introductions, such as reports,
legislation, and US Supreme Court cases will be found as well.
Thorough cross-referencing enables the user to follow a topic from
an entryin volume one to anoter related entry or to a primary
document in volume two . This wide-ranging, accessible and
user-friendly source is an authoritative reference for anyone
concerned with high schools and high school students in the United
States.
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