ERIC Number: ED495146
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 246
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: ISBN-0-3133-3433-1
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The Praeger Handbook of American High Schools. Volume 1
Borman, Kathryn M., Ed.; Cahill, Spencer E., Ed.; Cotner, Bridget A., Ed.
Praeger
Written by an interdisciplinary group of experts in education, psychology, sociology, and other fields, this landmark handbook provides a thorough examination of U.S. secondary education from the private academies of Colonial America to the comprehensive high schools and alternative schools of today. This accessible compendium is a treasure trove of reliable and authoritative information for educators, parents, and students. It includes original entries on assessment, architecture, bullying, campus life, censorship, college preparation, desegregation, disabilities, ethnic identity, family and community involvement, finance inequality, gangs, home schooling, homework, immigrants, intelligence, learning styles, magnet schools, mentoring, peer groups and peer culture, prom, reunions, rural schools, school boards, school to work programs, sex education, sports, standardized tests, student rights, teacher certification, teacher shortage, test preparation, violence, vouchers, and yearbooks, just to name a few. The text includes primary documents, each with scene and context-setting introductions, such as reports, legislation, and US Supreme Court cases will be found as well. Thorough cross-referencing enables the user to follow a topic from an entry to a primary document or another related entry. This wide-ranging, accessible and user-friendly source is an authoritative reference for anyone concerned with high schools and high school students in the United States. This first volume is divided into the following sections: (1) Preface; (2) Introduction; (3) List of Entries; (4) Guide to Related Entries; and (5) Entries A-H. [For Volume 2, see ED495109. For Volume 3, see ED495104. For Volume 4, see ED495100.]
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Civil Rights, Educational History, Private Education, Public Education, High Schools, High School Students, Secondary Education, Educational Administration, Student Evaluation, Career Education, Student Diversity, School Community Relationship, Curriculum Development, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education, Teachers, Administrators, Extracurricular Activities, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Peer Relationship, Religious Factors, Social Problems, Social Influences, Special Education, Student Characteristics, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Adolescents, Student Behavior
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Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General; Reference Materials - General
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Students; Teachers; Administrators; Researchers; Policymakers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kansas; Ohio; United States
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Civil Rights Act 1964; No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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