Horace's School: Redesigning the American High School

by Theodore R. Sizer

Book Overview

A plan for school reform that respects the best traditions of secondary schooling and urges us to do far more in preparing adolescents for the future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395755344
• ISBN13: 9780395755341
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

changing lives

as a framework for understanding the coallition of essential schools (a type of restructuring which changes the school into a place that works for students, not against them) this book is amazing. looking at the flaws of america's public school system, this book is one that offers suggestions for change in a way that anyone can understand. horace, a characiture of many teachers, leads the way for his high school to be the best it can be. a must read for anyone who is interested in education.