Synopses & Reviews
This study analyzes the comprehensive public high school as both a policy ideal and a social institution by contrasting the development of the public high school in Australia with those in both the United Kingdom and the United States. It focuses on such issues as changing policy approaches to public high schooling, the "middle class flight" to private schools, how school systems in Australia respond to changes in international education policy, and the tensions between regional, state and national decision-making groups interested in reforming secondary schools policy.
Review
"This book is a very significant contribution to the important series of studies edited by Barry M. Franklin and Gary McCulloch. It breaks new ground by providing an authoritative and thoroughly researched account of the rise and fall of comprehensive schooling in New South Wales . . . It is authored by two widely respected historians who bring a lifetime experience of studying the recent history of education to the task." - History of Education Review
Synopsis
This book traces the decline of the public comprehensive high school. New educational markets emphasized school diversity and parental choice rather than social equity through common schooling, and they were criticized for declining standards. The book also considers government education policies and their regional manifestations.
Synopsis
The history and development of the public high school in the twentieth century in the US, UK, and Australia.
Synopsis
This study analyzes the comprehensive public high school as both a policy ideal and a social institution by highlighting the development of high school in Australia, the UK, and the US. It focuses on such issues as: changing policy approaches to public high school, the "middle class flight" to private schools, how school systems in Australia mirror international policy changes, and the tensions between local and regional decision-making groups interested in reforming secondary high school policy.
About the Author
Craig Campbell is Honorary Associate Professor in the History of Education at the University of Sydney, Australia, and the recently appointed Editor of the
History of Education Review. Geoffrey Sherington is Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney, Australia, where he was previously Dean of the Faculty of Education and then Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Origins of the Comprehensive High School * Social and Political Contexts * The Social Justice Era * The Comprehensive High in an Education Market * Embattlement and Survival * Conclusion