Secondary schools :

Villaverde, Leila E.

Secondary schools : a reference handbook / Leila E. Villaverde. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2003. - xiii, 255 p. ; 24 cm. - Contemporary education issues .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and history -- Chronology -- Curriculum in secondary schools -- Urban, suburban, and rural secondary schools -- The standardization of secondary education -- The commercialization of secondary education -- Organizations, associations, and government agencies -- Selected print and nonprint resources.

1576079813 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1576079821 (ebook)

2003015197


Education, Secondary--Aims and objectives--United States.
High schools--History.--United States

LA222 / .V55 2003

373.73