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 U
The Death of the Comprehensive High School?: Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives (Secondary Education in a Changing World)
✍ Scribed by Barry M. Franklin, Gary McCulloch
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 225
- Edition
- First Edition
- Category
- Library
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