{"product_id":"the-origins-of-the-american-high-school","title":"The Origins of the American High School","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis engrossing book tells the story of American high schools in the nineteenth century. William Reese analyzes the social changes and political debates that shaped these institutions across the nationfrom the first public high school  established in Massachusetts in 1821  to the 1880s  by which time a majority of secondary students in the North were enrolled in high schools. Reese also explores in generous detail the experience of going to school. Drawing on the writings of local educators and school administrators as well as on student newspapers  diaries  and memoirs  he brings to life the high schools of a century ago  revealing what students studied and how they behaved  what teachers expected of them and how they taught  and how boys and girls  whites and blacks  and children in different parts of the nation perceived their schools.  Americas earliest public high schools were built in major cities along the eastern seaboard  and they became an important factor in the building of free public school systems  bringing a broad range of middle-class citizens into their orbit. Reese shows that although high schools were condemned by critics as elite institutions of classical learning  they were in fact largely dedicated to offering talented  mostly middle-class youth a quality education in modern  practical subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946976669749,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300079435","price":34.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300079432.jpg?v=1770889088","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-origins-of-the-american-high-school","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}