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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1922 Original Publisher: Teachers College, Columbia University Subjects: Education, Secondary Education Vocational education Teaching Education / General Education / Secondary Education / Counseling / Vocational Guidance Education / Comparative Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Conclusions From the preceding discussions it is seen that the English and the American systems of secondary education are different in some respects and similar in others. The chief difference is that of universal secondary education, and out of this grow many of the other differences. Differences as to free secondary education, public and private schools, comprehensive and type schools are outgrowths of the more fundamental difference in regard to universal secondary education. England has not adopted a system of universal secondary education and hence has not adopted free secondary education; and believes in both public and private schools, and a variety of types of schools, while American tendencies are in the opposite direction. However, it seems probable that the development of the secondary schools in England will be accompanied more and more by a growth of universal free secondary education of the American type. In regard to a national system of secondary education American and English practices are not so divergent, though England has progressed much further in that direction than the United States. In regard to articulation between secondary and elementary education the tendencies seem to be about the same, the dividing line being about the age of twelve. CHAPTER III THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES The ...

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