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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.

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9781578867028

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In the first [volume] of this [two]-volume multidisciplinary work intended to serve as a reference for scholars and students in a variety of fields or as a supplementary text in course on the social foundations of education and the anthropology and sociology of education, the editors present [...] a-to-z entries covering a broad range of topics concerning American secondary education in the modern era. Among the topics included are architecture, assessment in reading and writing, bilingual education, bullying, career development, disabilities, dropouts, faith-based initiatives, gangs, immigrants, inequality, libraries and media centers, motivation, multiculturalism, peer groups and peer culture, prom, reunions, school boards, sexual misconduct by educators, student engagement, teacher certification, transportation, vouchers, and yearbooks. Each article includes a guide to further reading. Reference and Research Book News

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Kathryn M. Borman is Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. Spencer E. Cahill is Professor of Sociology at the University of South Florida. Bridget A. Cotner is Research Associate at the Alliance for Applied Research in Education and Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida.

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