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Article: The postwar secondary school: a blueprint for planners.(75th Anniversary Issue: Changes and Traditions in Middle and Senior High School)
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- The Clearing House
- Article date:
- November 1, 1995
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A group working at New York University has developed the following guide list as an organized statement on the many possibilities for improving and strengthening the secondary school for the postwar era. Although the literature of the field was surveyed, many of the proposals are conclusions drawn as a result of our individual and group thinking.
The Postwar Secondary School
A. The Purpose
The objectives of the secondary-school program should be: 1. To develop thinking individuals 2. To give each youth a vocational skill 3. To give a knowledge of American and world life 4. To develop healthy citizens 5. To develop techniques of democratic ...