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ERIC Number: EJ351530
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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What High Schools are Like.
Arnstine, Donald
Educational Studies: A Journal in the Foundations of Education, v18 n1 p1-12 Spr 1987
Reviews three recent books on high schools: "The Last Little Citadel: American High Schools Since 1940" (Hampel, 1986), "The Shopping Mall High School: Winners and Losers in the Educational Marketplace" (Powell, Farrar, and Cohen, 1985), and "Multiple Realities: A Study of 13 American High Schools" (Tye, 1985). Notes that all three books are based on extensive studies of schools. (JDH)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Foundations of Education, High Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Progressive Education, Social Change, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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