Horace's School: Redesigning the American High School

by Theodore R. Sizer

Since he first raised the call to arms for school reform in 1984 with the bestselling Horace's Compromise, the scope of Sizer's work has grown dramatically. "Sizer re-examines the assumptions that govern school routines and offers a transforming vision that would allow high schools to 'model the thoughtful life' and raise their standards of accomplishment."--New York Times Book Review.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, Teaching, Professional Development

238 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 1992

Reviews

[Joanne]

This book has a lot of powerful things to say about school reform. It was required reading for a course, and offered lots of good food for thought. It made me rethink some of the concepts I have held about standardized assessments and wonder at the costs - financial and otherwise of de-standardization.

[Kim]

Sizer's my guru - formed the essential schools movement and the sad thing about this book is it was written so many years ago and is still relevant and real because we don't change anything in education...still pushing the same broken cart through the burned down barn...

[David]

The sequel to "Horace's Compromise". "Compromise" portrays the problem, "School" proposes the solution. Clear and easy to read. It's a shame no one will listen to him.

[Corey Wozniak]

For Dr. Sabey's "Conceptualizing the Ideal School" book club. Will maybe give it a * rating after the book club discussion. Or maybe not.

[Mark]

An outstanding book in both the literal and figurative sense of the word: I anticipate with great pleasure reading the final volume of Sizer's trilogy.