Horace's School: Redesigning the American High SchoolSince the late 1970s, Theodore Sizer has studied and worked among hundreds of American high schools. His research was first published in 1984 in Horace's Compromise, and since then, the scope ofally. Sizer now proposes a process of redesign which respects the best of the rich traditions of secondary schooling while doing far more to educate our youth. |
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HORACE'S SCHOOL: Redesigning the American High School
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Horace's school: redesigning the American high school
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Contents
Horaces Compromise | 1 |
Putting It Right | 9 |
Horaces Committee | 16 |
Emotions | 23 |
Form 1040 | 48 |
Performance from Memory | 65 |
Two Projects | 79 |
Knowledge in Use | 98 |
Exercises for an Early College | 118 |
Thoughtful Practice | 133 |
Policy and Power | 169 |
Will Horace Get His School? | 190 |
Appendix A The Coalition of Essential Schools and | 207 |
Appendix B A Budget and Schedule for Franklin | 223 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Horace's School: Redesigning the American High School |
| Author | Theodore R. Sizer |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0395755344, 9780395755341 |
| Length | 238 pages |
| Subjects | › › Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General Education / Secondary |
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