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Horace's School: Redesigning the American High School
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A plan for school reform that respects the best traditions of secondary schooling and urges us to do far more in preparing adolescents for the future.
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Theodore R. Sizer
Theodore R. Sizer, University Professor Emeritus at Brown University, is the chairman of the Coalition of Essential Schools. He lives in Harvard, Massachusetts.
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