Sizer, Theodore R

The first report from a study of high schools.

Discusses the influence of schools and teachers on students, considering the messages teenagers receive from educators who are not prepared or buildings that are in poor condition; and explores the power of good schools to reinvigorate public life.

Theodore Sizer first raised the call to arms for school reform in 1984 in his best-selling book Horace's Compromise. Now, America's leading educational reformer returns once again to Franklin High, Horace Smith, and the cast of fictitious characters who dramatize the dynamics of school reform in this inspiring blueprint for positive change.

The first report from a study of high schools.

The author, using the persona of fictional high school teacher Horace Smith, offers meditations on what has been learned from serious efforts at school reform in the late twentieth century.

The author presents a discussion of school reform movements that have been pushing for better schools and curriculum, smaller class sizes, and a stronger emphasis on the education of students.