The New American High School

Our current high schools are ill-designed and inefficient. Wehave inherited a program of studies that in its overall structurehas not changed in over a century. The question is What'snext? Theodore Sizer, the founder of The Coalition of EssentialSchools, was a passionate advocate for the American school system.In this, his last book, he offers a vision of what a futuresecondary education might look like. In a book that tells the storyof his own odyssey, Sizer gives shape to a much-needed agenda forimproving our high schools.

• Includes a vision for the future of our High Schools from oneof America's greatest leaders of educational reform
• Written by Theodore Sizer founder of The Coalition of EssentialSchools and author of landmark book Horace's Compromise

This final book from the late Theodore Sizer reveals the man andhis vision for our secondary education system.