The New American High School

<b>The late Theodore Sizer’s vision for a truly democratic public high school system</b> <p>Our current high schools are ill-designed and inefficient. We have inherited a program of studies that in its overall structure has not changed in over a century. The question is <i>What’s next?</i> Theodore Sizer, the founder of The Coalition of Essential Schools, was a passionate advocate for the American school system. In this, his last book, he offers a vision of what a future secondary education might look like. In a book that tells the story of his own odyssey, Sizer gives shape to a much-needed agenda for improving our high schools.</p> <ul> <li>Includes a vision for the future of our High Schools from one of America’s greatest leaders of educational reform</li> <li>Written by Theodore Sizer founder of The Coalition of Essential Schools and author of landmark book <i>Horace’s Compromise</i></li> </ul> <p>This final book from the late Theodore Sizer reveals the man and his vision for our secondary education system.</p>