The Origins of the American High School

This engrossing book, based on new and original sources, analyzes the social changes and political debates that shaped nineteenth-century American high schools. The book brings these schools to life, revealing what students studied and how they behaved, what teachers expected of them and how they taught, and how boys and girls, Whites and blacks, and children in various parts of the nation experienced high school.

William J. Reese is professor of educational policy studies and history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and was former editor of History of Education Quarterly.

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

xiii

Boston's Legacy

1

(15)

Schools of a Higher Order

16

(22)

A Republican Crown

38

(21)

The Opposition

59

(21)

Cathedrals of Learning

80

(23)

Knowledge of the Most Worth

103

(20)

The Business of Teaching

123

(19)

Scaling Olympus

142

(20)

The Choicest Youth

162

(20)

Good Scholars

182

(26)

Varieties of Experience

208

(28)

Commencement

236

(20)

Epilogue

256

(7)

Abbreviations

263

(6)

Notes

269

(48)

Index

317

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The Origins of the American High School

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