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Author Sizer, Theodore R.

Title Horace's compromise : the dilemma of the American high school : the first report from a study of high schools, co-sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the Commission on Educational Issues of the National Association of Independent Schools / Theodore R. Sizer.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1984.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  373.73 SI99    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  373.73 S625H    Check Shelf
Description viii, 241 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction -- Prologue: Horace's comprosmie -- THE STUDENTS -- Five adolescents -- Diversity -- Commonality -- Docility -- Incentives -- THE PROGRAM -- What high school is -- Purpose: mind and character -- Skills: the importance of coaching -- Knowledge: less is more -- Understanding: the importance of questions -- Character: decency -- Pricinipals' questions -- THE TEACHERS -- Three teachers -- Agreement -- Motivation -- Conditions -- Teachers -- Trust -- THE STRUCTURE -- Hierarchical bureaucracy -- Better schools -- A Paralysis of imagination -- Afterword: an experiment for Horace -- Acknowledgements -- Notes.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note CARL0000042271
Subject High schools -- United States.
ISBN 0395344239
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