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The Comprehensive Public High School

Historical Perspectives

G. Sherington Kenneth A. Loparo Geoffrey Sherington Craig Campbell

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English
Palgrave Macmillan
20 February 2013
This book traces the decline of the public comprehensive high school. New educational markets emphasized school diversity and parental choice rather than social equity through common schooling, and they were criticized for declining standards. The book also considers government education policies and their regional manifestations.

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Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   290g
ISBN:   9781137033741
ISBN 10:   1137033746
Series:   Secondary Education in a Changing World
Pages:   220
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

GEOFFREY SHERINGTON is Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney, Australia. CRAIG CAMPBELL is Senior Lecturer, History of Education, University of Sydney, Australia.

Reviews for The Comprehensive Public High School: Historical Perspectives

This book is a very significant contribution to the important series of studies edited by Barry Franklin and Gary McCulloch. It breaks new ground by providing an authoritative and thoroughly researched account of the rise and fall of comprehensive schooling in New South Wales. - Roy Lowe, University of Birmingham One of the important contributions the work of Campbell and Sherington offers is that it draws on a wide range of international literature and uses contemporary examples from England and the US to demonstrate the extent to which the comprehensive public high school in NSW was part of and contributed to the emerging tradition of secondary schooling in westernised nations. This text therefore has international appeal. - Tanya Fitzgerald, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand Craig Campbell and Geoffrey Sherington make a major contribution to studies of the comprehensive high school, presenting a richly detailed, highly nuanced, and wonderfully thought provoking assessment of this institution in Australia. - Jeffrey Mirel, University of Michigan


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