Horace's compromise : the dilemma of the American high school : the first report from A Study of High Schools, co-sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the Commission on Educational Issues of the National Association of Independent Schools / Theodore R. Sizer
Introduction -- Prologue: Horace's comprosmie -- THE STUDENTS -- Five adolescents -- Diversity -- Commonality -- Docility -- Incentives -- THE PROGRAM -- What high school is -- Purpose: mind and character -- Skills: the importance of coaching -- Knowledge: less is more -- Understanding: the importance of questions -- Character: decency -- Pricinipals' questions -- THE TEACHERS -- Three teachers -- Agreement -- Motivation -- Conditions -- Teachers -- Trust -- THE STRUCTURE -- Hierarchical bureaucracy -- Better schools -- A Paralysis of imagination -- Afterword: an experiment for Horace -- Acknowledgements -- Notes
