Secondary Schools : A Reference Handbook

A broad survey of secondary schools, their historical origins, and present-day goals, intentions, and practices in educating adolescents.

Leila E. Villaverde is assistant professor of cultural foundations in the Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations Department at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

Series Editor's Preface

xi

Preface

xiii

Introduction and History

1

(28)

Origins of Secondary Schools

1

(1)

Four Types of Schools

2

(12)

The Latin Grammar School

2

(2)

The Academy

4

(8)

Public High Schools

12

(1)

Extended Secondary School

13

(1)

Reorganization of the High School

14

(2)

Vocational Education

16

(5)

Continuation Schools

18

(1)

Transformation of the High School

19

(2)

General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service

21

(1)

Adolescence

21

(3)

Purposes of Schooling

24

(2)

References

26

(3)

Chronology

29

(32)

References

59

(2)

Curriculum in Secondary Schools

61

(34)

Textbooks

62

(1)

Curriculum and Humanism

62

(2)

Curriculum and the Child Study Movement

64

(1)

Social Efficiency and the Curriculum

65

(4)

Vocational Education

69

(3)

Social Meliorism and Curriculum

72

(3)

Curriculum Differentiation

75

(2)

Postmodern Curriculum

77

(3)

The High School Curriculum

80

(5)

The Middle School Curriculum

85

(2)

Defining Curriculum

87

(6)

References

93

(2)

Urban, Suburban, and Rural Secondary Schools

95

(28)

Urban Schools

95

(2)

Suburban Schools

97

(1)

Rural Schools

97

(3)

Military Schools

100

(1)

College Preparatory Schools

100

(1)

Technical Schools and Institutes

100

(1)

Charter Schools

101

(3)

Magnet Schools

104

(1)

Small Schools

105

(1)

Independent Black Schools

106

(1)

Community-Based Organization Schools

107

(1)

Democratic Schools

108

(1)

Coalition Campus School Project

108

(1)

Single-Sex Schools

109

(2)

Church-Related Schools

111

(1)

Home Schooling

111

(3)

Full-Service Schools

114

(1)

Year-Round Schools

115

(2)

Virtual Schools

117

(1)

Other Schools, Extracurricular Activities, and School Athletics

118

(1)

References

119

(4)

The Standardization of Secondary Education

123

(14)

Standards

124

(3)

Assessments

127

(2)

Performance and Portfolio Assessments

129

(2)

Accountability

131

(2)

Implications

133

(2)

References

135

(2)

The Commercialization of Secondary Education

137

(18)

Commercialization

137

(7)

Channel One and ZapMe!

144

(1)

The Edison Project

145

(2)

Celebration School

147

(2)

Vouchers

149

(2)

Implications

151

(2)

References

153

(2)

Organizations, Associations, and Government Agencies

155

(50)

Selected Print and Nonprint Resources

205

(34)

Print Resources

205

(24)

Organization Papers, Reports, and Publications

205

(9)

Government Publications

214

(1)

Books

215

(11)

Journals

226

(3)

Nonprint Resources

229

(10)

Index

239

(16)

About the Author

255

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