EPSY 256 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Comprehensive High School, No Child Left Behind Act, Vocational School
9 May 2020
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1890 to 1920 passed laws requiring school attendance through early teens. Now more than 90% of 14- to 17-year-olds in school. Figure 10. 1 increasing enrollment in high school, 1890 to the present, In the u. s. school quality depends on the financial resources available in the school district. Most european countries have three secondary schools: college-preparatory school, vocational school, professional school. Comprehensive high school system allows more flexibility and delays in career decisions. About one-third of adolescents in europe attend a vocational school. Beyond childhood, education is for urban middle class. Consequence of economic development is that adolescents are increasingly likely to remain in school. Similarities in all developing countries: gender gap (favor boys, poorly funded and overcrowded, insufficiently trained teachers, exclusive private schools and well-funded universities for elite, inferior education for all else. Figure 10. 2 educational enrollment in various world regions.
