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The Death of the Comprehensive High School?

Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives

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  • © 2007

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Part of the book series: Secondary Education in a Changing World (SECW)

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Keywords

  • education
  • Europe
  • school

About this book

This groundbreaking volume considers 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 United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

About the authors

Gary McCulloch is Brian Simon Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Death of the Comprehensive High School?

  • Book Subtitle: Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives

  • Editors: B. Franklin

  • Series Title: Secondary Education in a Changing World

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Barry M. Franklin and Gary McCulloch 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-7769-4Published: 13 February 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-33846-3Published: 14 March 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2945-6339

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-6347

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 218

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