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The high school movement is a term used in educational history literature to describe the era from 1910 to 1940 during which secondary schools as well as secondary school attendance sprouted across the United States.
Aug 1, 2017 · The ambitious attempt to deliver mass secondary education has become known as the American high school movement, and “American” it surely was—from its democratic underpinnings and grass-roots organization to its inspiring, yet sobering, legacy.
We begin with a brief description of the high school movement in the United States and then assess what factors explain differences in secondary schooling rates across states and cities during the period of the high school movement.
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Nov 23, 2015 · High-school youth are flexing their collective muscles for equity: fighting budget cuts and out-of-school suspensions as they take on racial issues and academic offerings. Andrew Brennen,...
- Melinda D. Anderson
The focus here is on the reasons for the high school movement' in American generally and why it occurred so early and swiftly in America's heartland - a region we dub the 'education belt.'
- Claudia D. Goldin, Lawrence F. Katz
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The high school movement was spurred less by these diffuse developments than by legislation by Massachusetts in 1827 that ordered towns of 500 families to furnish public instruction in American history, algebra, geometry, and bookkeeping, in addition to the common primary subjects.
Jan 9, 2015 · An influential 2008 book by two economists told the history of the universal high school movement, which the president seeks to mimic for college.
