1635 - Richelieu founded L'Academie Française in France.

April 23, 1635 - Town of Boston established Boston Latin School (influenced by Reverend John Cotton, who sought to create in the New World a school like the Free Grammar School of Boston, England, in which Latin and Greek were taught); first classes were held in the home of the Master, Philemon Pormort; 1638 - Pormort's assistant, Daniel Maude, succeeded him as Master, conducted classes in his own home until 1643; of 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, five had been pupils of this school; oldest public school in America with a continuous existence.

1817 - The first American school for the deaf opened in Hartford, Connecticut.

1821 - Boston opened English Classical School, nation's first public secondary school; intended for sons of the "mercantile" and "mechanic" classes; any boy of 12 or older who can pass an entrance examination may attend.

1856 - San Francisco School Board established the first public secondary school in California, called Union Grammar School; 1858 - name changed to San Francisco High School; 1894 - renamed to honor the distinguished poet, James Russell Lowell; Oldest Public High School West of the Mississippi.

February 17, 1897 - The forerunner of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), the National Congress of Mothers, was founded in Washington.

1904 - Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Mrs. Fairfax Harrison, Mrs. Henry Leonard founded the Potomac School "for boys and girls between the ages of four and twelve" (kindergarten through sixth grade) third grade. It was intended to be co-ed throughout, but, in practice, boys left after third or fourth grade. Tuition was $80 for kindergarten and $150 for the other grades. Lunch was an additional $6.00 a year. 1916 - expanded through eighth grade; 1951 - moved to McLean, VA, to an 87-acre campus; 1987 - ninth and tenth grade added; 1995 - fully enrolled with 875 boys and girls, pre-kindergarten through grade twelve.

1906 - Dr. Abram W. Harris, Director of the Tome School, Port Deposit, Maryland, founds Cum Laude Society, an interscholastic scholarship fraternity, to accord the  scholastic achievement of students in secondary schools as much recognition as that given to other accomplishments (modeled on Phi Beta Kappa). 

May 17, 1954 - The Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. It rule that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal -- and said that schools must be integrated.

June 13, 1971 - The US Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.

September 6, 1999 - Columbine High School )Littleton, CO) students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher, wounded 26 others before taking their own lives.

June 27, 2002 - The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that tuition vouchers are constitutional.

2008 - Endowments

(Andover), Claude M. Fuess (1917). An Old New England School: A History of Phillips Academy Andover. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 547 p.). Phillips Academy.

(Andover), Frederick S. Allis, Jr. (1979). Youth from Every Quarter: A Bicentennial History of Phillips Academy, Andover. (Andover, MA: Phillips Academy, 770 p.). Phillips Academy--History.

(Berkeley HS), Meredith Maran (2001). Class Dismissed: A Year in the Life of an American High School: A Glimpse into the Heart of a Nation. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 313 p.). Berkeley High School (Berkeley, Calif.).

(Beverly Hills High School), Michael Leahy (1988). Hard Lessons: Senior Year at Beverly Hills High School. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 310 p.). Beverly Hills High School (Beverly Hills, Calif.)--Students--Biography; High school seniors--California--Beverly Hills--Biography.

(Beverly Hills High School), Joy Horowitz. (2007). Parts Per Million: The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School. (New York, NY: Viking, 464 p.). BHS Class of 1971. Beverly Hills High School--Trials, litigation, etc.; Class actions (Civil procedure)--California; Liability for hazardous substances pollution damages--California; Toxic torts--California. 2003 - group of young graduates developed cancer; Beverly Hills was dragged into  landmark tort case that split the town in two; trial begins late in 2007.

(Cheshire Academy), Compiled by Marion Moore Coleman (1976). The Cheshire Academy: The First Twelve Decades, 1794-1919: A Memoir. (Cheshire, CT: Cherry Hill Books, 96 p.). Cheshire Academy--History.

(Choate), George St. John (1959). Forty Years at School. (New York, NY: Holt, 303 p.). Headmaster of Choate, 1908-1947. Choate School--History.

(Choate), Peter S. Prescott (1970). A World of Our Own; Notes on Life and Learning in a Boys' Preparatory School. (New York, NY: Coward-McCann, 400 p.). Former Book Critic (Newsweek). Choate School.

(Commonwealth School), Charles Merrill (1982). The Walled Garden, The Story of a School. (Boston, MA:Rowan Tree Press, 219 p.). Merrill, Charles, Commonwealth School; Boston, MA.

(Cristo Rey Jesuit High School), G.R. Kearney (2008). More Than a Dream: The Cristo Rey Story: How One School’s Vision Is Changing the World. (Chicago, IL: Loyola Press, 406 p.). Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (Chicago, Ill.); Poor children--Education (Secondary)--Illinois--Chicago; Children of immigrants--Education (Secondary)--Illinois--Chicago. Model, begun in Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago in 1996, imitated in schools in more than a dozen cities around the country - students work for the school one day a week, in clusters of five; their salary goes to the school to offset a portion of their tuition; for its 500 students, the program must generate 100 jobs, students gather experience in the workplace that prepares them for the future.

(Deerfield), John McPhee (1966). The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden, of Deerfield. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 149 p.). Boyden, Frank L. (Frank Learoyd), 1879-1972; Deerfield Academy.

(Deerfield), Brian Cooke (1994). Frank Boyden of Deerfield: The Vision and Politics of an Educational Idealist. (Lanham, MD: Madison Books, 181 p.). Boyden, Frank L. (Frank Learoyd), 1879-1972; Deerfield Academy; School principals--United States--Biography.

(Downtown College Prep), Joanne Jacobs (2005). Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea, and the School That Beat the Odds. (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan 256 p.). Charter schools--California--Case studies; Mexican Americans--Education--California--Case studies; Minorities--Education--California--Case studies.

(Edinburgh Academy), Magnus Magnusson (1974). The Clacken and the Slate: The Story of the Edinburgh Academy, 1824-1974. (London, UK: Collins, 416 p.). Edinburgh Academy--History.

(Eton), Tim Card (1994). Eton Renewed: A History from 1860 to the Present Day. (London, UK: J. Murray, 337 p.). Eton College--History.

(Eton), Tim Card (2001). Eton Established: A History from 1440 to 1860. (London, UK: J. Murray, 212 p.). Eton College--History.

(Exeter), Myron Richards Williams (1957). The Story of Phillips Exeter. (Exeter, NH: Phillips Exeter Academy, 229 p.). Phillips Exeter Academy--History.

(Exeter), John Knowles (1960). A Separate Peace; A Novel. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 186 p.). Preparatory school students--Fiction; Preparatory schools--Fiction; Friendship--Fiction; Death--Fiction; Boys--Fiction; New Hampshire--Fiction. 

(Exeter), William G. Saltonstall (1980). Lewis Perry of Exeter: A Gentle Memoir. (New York, NY: Atheneum, 164 p.). Perry, Lewis, 1877-1970; Phillips Exeter Academy--History; High school principals--New Hampshire--Biography.

(Exeter), Robert Gambee (1980). Exeter Impressions. (New York, NY: Hastings House, 208 p.). Phillips Exeter Academy--Pictorial works; Phillips Exeter Academy--Pictorial works; Phillips Exeter Academy--History; Boarding schools; Exeter (N.H.)--Pictorial works; Exeter (N.H.)--History--Pictorial works; Exeter (N.H.)--Pictorial works; Exeter (N.H.)--History.

(Frank W. Ballou Senior High School), Ron Suskind (1998). A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League. (New York, NY: Broadway Books, 372 p.). Reporter (Wall Street Journal). Jennings, Cedric Lavar--Childhood and youth; Jennings, Cedric Lavar--Knowledge and learning; Frank W. Ballou Senior High School (Washington, D.C.)--Students--Biography; Brown University--Students--Biography; African American teenage boys--Education--Washington (D.C.); African American college students--Biography.

(Friends School), Dean R. Esslinger (1983). Friends for Two Hundred Years: A History of Baltimore’s Oldest School. (Baltimore, MD: Friends School in cooperation with Museum and Library of Maryland History, The Maryland Historical Society, 258 p.). Friends School (Baltimore, Md.)--History.

(Georgetown Prep), William S. Abell (1970). Fifty Years at Garrett Park, 1919-1969; A History of the New Georgetown Preparatory School. (Garrett Park, MD: Privately Printed by Georgetown Preparatory School, 156 p.). Georgetown Preparatory School--History.

(Governor Dummer), John Williams Ragle (1963). Governor Dummer Academy History, 1763-1963. (South Byfield, MA: Governor Dummer Academy, 177 p.). Governor Dummer academy, South Byfield, Mass.--History.

(Gretchen Whitney High School), Edward Humes (2003). School of Dreams: Making the Grade at a Top American High School. (Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 370 p.). Gretchen Whitney High School (Cerritos, Calif.); Public schools--United States--Case studies. 

(Guildhall School of Music and Drama), Hugh Barty-King (1980). GSMD, A Hundred Years' Performance. (London, UK: Stainer & Bell, 198 p.). Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, England).

(Harrow School), Christopher Tyerman (2000). A History of Harrow School, 1324-1991. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 599 p.). Harrow School -- History.

(Harrow School), Paul Elledge (2006). Lord Byron at Harrow School: Speaking Out, Talking Back, Acting Up, Bowing Out. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 221 p.). Professor of English, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (Vanderbilt University). Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 --Childhood and youth; Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 --Knowledge and learning; Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 --Homes and haunts--England--London; Harrow School--History; Education, Secondary--England--London--History--19th century; Boarding schools--England--London--History--19th century; Poets, English--Homes and haunts--England--London; Poets, English--19th century--Biography.

(Hollywood High School), John Blumenthal (1988). Hollywood High: The History of America’s Most Famous Public School. (New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 323 p.). Hollywood High School (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)--History; High schools--California--Los Angeles--History.

(Hotchkiss), Lael Tucker Wertenbaker and Maude Basserman. Illustrated by William Berry (1966). The Hotchkiss School; A Portrait. (Lakeville, CT: Hotchkiss School, 184 p.). Private schools -- Connecticut -- Lakeville.

(Kamehameha Schools), J. Arthur Rath (2006). Lost Generations: A Boy, A School, A Princess. (Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 367 p.). Rath, J. Arthur; Kamehameha Schools; Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate--Finance; Kamehameha Schools--Alumni and alumnae.

(Lake Forest Academy), Jay Pridmore (1994). Many Hearts and Many Hands: The History of Ferry Hall and Lake Forest Academy. (Lake Forest, IL: The Academy, 264 p.). Ferry Hall--History; Lake Forest Academy--History.

(Lawrenceville), Roland J. Mulford (1935). History of the Lawrenceville School, 1810-1935. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 358 p.). Lawrenceville School--History.

(Lawrenceville), S.R. Slaymaker II (1985). Five Miles Away: The Story of the Lawrenceville School. (Lawrenceville, NJ: The School, 462 p.). Lawrenceville School--History.

(Liverpool College), David Wainwright (1960). Liverpool Gentlemen; A History of Liverpool College, an Independent Day School, from 1840. (London, UK: Faber and Faber, 342 p.). Liverpool. College.

(Loomis Chaffee), George H. Hickok (1989). For Better and Grander Lives: Loomis Chaffee at 75. (Windsor, CT: Loomis Institute, 113 p.). Loomis Chaffee School--History.

(Milton Academy), Richard Walden Hale (1948). Milton Academy, 1798-1948. (Milton, MA: The Academy, 185 P.). Milton academy, Milton, Mass. 

(Milton Academy), Abigail Jones & Marissa Miley (2007). Restless Virgins: Love, Sex, and Survival at a New England Prep School. (New York, NY: Morrow, 321 p.). Graduates of Milton Academy. Preparatory schools--New England--Case studies; Preparatory school students--Sexual behavior--New England--Case studies; Teenage girls--Sexual behavior--New England--Case studies; Values--Study and teaching (Secondary)--New England. Recent sex scandal at the prestigious Massachusetts prep school. Seven classmates (four female, three male) over the course of their 2004–2005 senior year of high school; culminates in the revelation of a 15-year-old student's sexual encounter with five older boys in the locker room; led to the boys' expulsion and national publicity.

(Miss Porter's), Louise L. Stevenson (1987). Miss Porter's School: A History in Documents, 1847-1948. (New York, NY: Garland, 2 vols.). Miss Porter's School (Farmington, Conn.)--History.

(Montclair Kimberley Academy), Robert D.B. Carlisle (1988). Within These Halls, 1887-1987. (Montclair, N.J.: Montclair Kimberley Academy, 132 p.). Montclair Kimberley Academy--History.

(Moses Brown), Rayner Wickersham Kelsey (1919). Centennial History of Moses Brown School, 1819-1919. (Providence, RI: Moses Brown School, 175 p.). Moses Brown School--Rhode Island--Providence.

(Edward R. Murrow), Michael Weinreb (2007). The Kings of New York: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses Who Make Up America’s Top High School Chess Team. (New York, NY: Gotham Books, 288 p.). Chess--New York (State)--New York; Chess players--New York (State)--New York; High school students--New York (State)--New York. 1989 - Won its first city championship; has never since ranked lower than second. Author chronicles Murrow team's pursuit of sixth consecutive state championship, second national title. 

(Norfolk Collegiate School), Amy Waters Yarsinske (2000). Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns Grow: The History of Norfolk Collegiate School. (Gloucester Point, VA: Hallmark Pub., 144 p.). Norfolk Collegiate School (Norfolk, Va.).

(Overbrook School for the Blind), Edith Willoughby (2007). Overbrook School for the Blind. (Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 128 p.). Former Librarian, Archivist at Overbrook School for the Blind. Overbrook School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Pennsylvania. Since 1832 - educational programs to children and young people who are blind and visually impaired; produced first embossed book in America (Gospel of Mark), first magazine for the blind (Lux en Tenebrae); has helped thousands of students to achieve independence, self-confidence, life skills.

(Pennsbury High School), Michael Bamberger (2004). Wonderland: A Year in the Life of an American High School. (New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 207 p.). Reporter (Sports Illustrated). Pennsbury High School; Youth--Pennsylvania--Fairless Hills--Social conditions; High school students--Pennsylvania--Fairless Hills--Social conditions; Proms--Pennsylvania--Fairless Hills; Fairless Hills (Pa.)--Social life and customs. 

(Prior Lake High School), Elinor Burkett (2001). Another Planet: A Year in the Life of a Suburban High School. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 325 p.). Prior Lake High School (Prior Lake, Minn.); Suburban high schools--Minnesota--Minneapolis Metropolitan Area--Case studies; High school students--Minnesota--Minneapolis Metropolitan Area--Case studies.

(Ridley College), Richard A. Bradley, Paul E. Lewis (2000). Ridley: A Canadian School. (Erin, ON: Boston Mills Press, 536 p.). Ridley College--History.

(Roxbury Latin), F. Washington Jarvis (1995). Schola Illustris: the Roxbury Latin School 1645-1995. (Boston, MA: D.R. Godine, 623 p.). Headmaster, Roxbury Latin School. Roxbury Latin School (Mass.)--History.

(Saint Ignatius College Preparatory), Paul Totah (2005). Spiritus Magis: 150 Years of St. Ignatius College Preparatory. (San Francisco, C: St. Ignatius College Preparatory. English Teacher, Class of 1975 (Saint Ignatius College Preparatory). Saint Ignatius College Preparatory (San Francisco, Calif.)--History.

(Shady Hill School), Edward Yeomans (1979). The Shady Hill School: The First Fifty Years. (Lincoln, NE: Windflower Press, 124 p.). Shady Hill School; secondary schools; secondary education; Preparatory schools.

(St. Andrew's), compiled by Walden Pell II (1973). A History of Saint Andrew's School at Middletown, Delaware: The First Thirty Years, 1928/1958. (New York, NY: C. N. Potter, 424 p.). St. Andrew's School (Middletown, Del.)--History.

(St. Andrew's), William H. Amos (1997). Time To Remember: A Biography of St. Andrew's School from the 1950s to the 1980s. (Devon, PA: W.T. Cooke Pub., 384 p.). St. Andrew's School (Middletown, Del.)--History.

(St. George's), Gilbert Y. Taverner (1987). St. George's School: A History, 1896-1986. (Newport, RI: The School, 194 p.). St. George's School (Newport, R.I.)--History.

(St. George's), Gilbert Y. Taverner, Danforth Hollins (1996). St. George's School: A Centennial History, 1896-1996. (Newport, RI: St. George's School, 350 p.). St. George's School (Newport, R.I.)--History; St. George's School (Newport, R.I.)--Alumni and alumnae--Directories.

(St. Johnsbury Academy), Richard Beck; afterword by Bernier L. Mayo (1992). A Proud Tradition, A Bright Future: A Sesquicentennial History of St. Johnsbury Academy. (St. Johnsbury, VT: The Academy, 319 p.). St. Johnsbury Academy (Saint Johnsbury, Vt.)--History.

(St. Paul's), Arthur Stanwood Pier (1934). St. Paul's School, 1855-1934. (New York, NY: Scribner, 385 p.). Coit, Henry Augustus, 1830-1895; St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.).

(St. Paul's), Roger W. Drury (1964). Drury and St. Paul's; The Scars of a Schoolmaster. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 297 p.). Drury, Samuel Smith, 1878-1968; St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.)--History; Teachers--Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.

(St. Paul's), August Heckscher (1980). St. Paul's: The Life of a New England School. (New York, NY: Scribner, 398 p.). St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.)--History.

(St. Paul's), Lorene Cary (1991). Black Ice. (New York, NY: Knopf, 237 p.). Cary, Lorene; St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.); African American women--New Hampshire--Concord--Biography; African Americans--New Hampshire--Concord--Biography; African Americans--Education (Secondary)--New Hampshire--Concord; Concord (N.H.)--Biography.

(St. Paul's), José A.G. Ordóñez (1998). The Education of a Schoolmaster: My Years at St. Paul's School. (Washington, DV: Francis Press, 218 p.). Ordóñez, José A. G., 1922- ; St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.)--History; Teachers--New Hampshire--Biography.

(Stowe School), Noel Annan (1966). The Headmaster; Roxburgh of Stowe and His Influence in English Education. (New York, NY: Schocken Books, 216 p.). Roxburgh, John Fergusson, 1888-1954; Stowe School.

(T. C. Williams High School), Patrick Welsh; edited and with an introduction by Dan Morgan (1986). Tales Out of School: A Teacher's Candid Account from the Front Lines of the American High School Today. (New York, NY: Viking, 219 p.). Welsh, Patrick; T.C. Williams High school (Alexandria, Va.); High school teachers--Virginia--Alexandria--Biography; Education, Urban--Virginia--Alexandria.

(Taft), Horace Dutton Taft (1942). Memories and Opinions. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 336 p.). Taft School.

(United Nations International School), Martin Mayer (1990). Children of the World: Learning Together at the United Nations International School. (Lanham, MD: Madison Books, 160 p.). United Nations International School; International education.

(Waynflete School), Leonard L. Brooks, Margaret W. Soule; with contributions by Victoria Simes Poole and Shirley Cole Quinn (1998). Celebrating Waynflete: One Hundred Years in the Life of a School. (Portland, ME: Waynflete School, 200 p.). Waynflete School (Portland, Me.)--History.

(Webb Schools), Harrison Stephens (1997). Webb: 75 Years of Building Character. (Claremont, CA: Webb Schools, 146 p.). Webb Schools (Claremont, Calif.).

(Westminster School), John Rae (1993). Delusions of Grandeur: A Headmaster's Life 1966-1986. (Hammersmith, London: HarperCollins, 224 p.). Rae, John, 1931- ; Westminster School (London, England); School principals--Great Britain--Biography.

(Walt Whitman High School), Alexandra Robbins (2006). The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids. (New York, NY: Hyperion, 439 p.). Overachievement; Overachievement--Case studies. Author goes back to her high school (Bethesda, MD);  follows 8 students over three semesters (2004-2005) - parental pressure, panicked perfectionism, name-brand college need; ambition, stress, cheating, sports, drugs, college admissions.

(Wilbraham & Monson Academy), James Playsted Wood (1971). New England Academy: Wilbraham to Wilbraham & Monson. (Brattleboro, VT: R. L. Dothard Associates, 152 p.). Wilbraham & Monson Academy--History.

(Wilde Lake Middle School), Linda Perlstein (2003). Not Much, Just Chillin: The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 260 p.). Education Reporter (Washington Post). Middle school students; Middle school students--Psychology; Adolescent psychology; Teenagers. 

Soo Kim Abboud and Jane Kim (2005). Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers-- and How You Can Too. (New York, NY: Berkley Books, 224 p.). 17 "secrets" Asian families use to create straight-A-earning, Ivy League-bound children.

Karen D. Arnold (1995). Lives of Promise: What Becomes of High School Valedictorians: A Fourteen-Year Study of Achievement and Life Choices. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 330 p.). Professor of Higher Education (Boston College). High school graduates--United States--Longitudinal studies; Talented students--United States--Longitudinal studies; Success--United States--Longitudinal studies; Life skills--United States--Longitudinal studies; Educational surveys--United States. 1

Ilana DeBare (2004). Where Girls Come First: The rise, Fall, and Surprising Revival of Girls' Schools. (New York, NY: J.P. Tarcher/Penguin, 392 p.). Women--Education--United States--History; Single-sex schools--United States--History.

Mark Edmundson (2002). Teacher: The One Who Made the Difference. (New York,NY: Random House, 279 p.). Professor of English (University of Virginia). Lears, Frank; High school teachers--United States--Biography. 

Dave Eggers, Nínive Calegari, Daniel Moulthrop (2005). Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of Our Children's Teachers. (New York, NY: New Press. Teachers--Salaries, etc.--United States--Case studies; Teachers--Workload--United States--Case studies; Teachers--Job stress--United States--Case studies; Teachers--United States--Attitudes--Case studies.

Alan Eisenstock (2006). The Kindergarten Wars: The Battle To Get into America’s Best Private Schools. (New York, NY: Warner Books, 230 p.). Seven-Year Member of the Board of Directors of a Private Independent Elementary School in Los Angeles,. Private schools--United States--Admission; Kindergarten--United States--Admission. Insight into the private school application process: Who gets in and why? Does the right kindergarten really help your child get into the right college? Does ethnic diversity improve a child's chances for being admitted to a top school? 

Elizabeth Gold (2003). Brief Intervals of Horrible Sanity: One Season in a Progressive School. (New York, NY: J.P. Tarcher/Penguin, 328 p.). Children with social disabilities--Education (Secondary)--New York (State)--Jackson Heights (New York); Education, Secondary--New York (State)--Jackson Heights (New York); High school teaching--New York (State)--Jackson Heights (New York).  

Jurgen Herbst (1996). The Once and Future School: Three Hundred and Fifty Years of American Secondary Education. (New York, NY: Routledge, 263 p.). Education, Secondary--United States--History.

Jonathan Kozol (2005). The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America. (New York, NY: Crown, 404 p.). De facto school segregation--United States. Examines how America's black and Hispanic children are being left behind--in droves.

Donald Leinster-Mackay (1984). The Rise of the English Prep School. (Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 398 p.). Preparatory schools--Great Britain--History.

Tommie Lindsey and Randall McCutcheon (2005). It Doesn't Take a Genius: Life Lessons from Award-Winning Educations and the Students Who Learned from Them. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 240 p.). MacArthur Fellow; Former Kansas Teacher of the Year. Academic achievement--United States--Case studies; School improvement programs--United States--Case studies; Education, Secondary--Aims and objectives--United States--Case studies; Educational leadership--United States--Case studies. Truths and lessons about the power of education.

David Nasaw (1979). Schooled to Order: A Social History of Public Schooling in the United States. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 303 p.). Public schools--United States--History; Educational sociology--United States--History.

Parker J. Palmer (1998). The Courage To Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 199 p.). Senior Associate of the American Association for Higher Education, Senior Advisor to the Fetzer Institute. Teachers; Teaching; Learning. 

Tom Perrotta (1998). Election: A Novel. (New York, NY: Putnam, 200 p.). High schools--New Jersey--Fiction; High school teachers--New Jersey--Fiction; Interpersonal relations--Fiction; Youth--Sexual behavior--Fiction; New Jersey--Fiction. Highschool cult classic.

Denise Clark Pope (2001). "Doing School": How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 212 p.). Lecturer (Stanford University School of Education). High school students--United States; Academic achievement--United States; Student aspirations--United States. Ways high school students pursue high grades and success; five highly regarded students through a school year believe getting ahead requires manipulating the system, scheming, lying, and cheating.

Horace A. Porter (2003). The Making of a Black Scholar : From Georgia to the Ivy League. (Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 157 p.). Porter, Horace A., 1950- ; Porter, Horace A., 1950- --Childhood and youth; African Americans--Biography; African American scholars--Biography; African American college students--Biography; African Americans--Education (Higher)--History--20th century; African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century; Columbus (Ga.)--Biography.

Curtis Sittenfeld (2005). Prep: A Novel. (New York, NY: Random House, 416 p.). Writer in Residence (St. Albans School in Washington, DC). Teenage girls--Fiction; Preparatory school students--Fiction; Self-destructive behavior--Fiction; Massachusetts--Fiction; Indiana--Fiction. 

Theodore R. Sizer (2004). The Red Pencil: Convictions from Experience in Education. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 131 p.). Professor Emeritus (Brown University) and Visiting Professor of Education (Harvard University and Brandeis University). Sizer, Theodore R.; Education, Secondary--United States. 

Tony Wagner (2000). How Schools Change: Lessons from Three Communities Revisited. (New York, NY: RoutledgeFalmer, 331 p. [2nd ed.]). Co-Director of the Change Leadership Group (Harvard University Graduate School of Education). Hull Junior-Senior High School; Academy at Cambridge Rindge and Latin; Brimmer and May School; High schools--United States--Case studies; Educational change--United States--Case studies.

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LINKS

Centenary of the Montessori Movement http://montessoricentenary.org                                                Celebrates the 100th anniversary since Dr. Maria Montessori opened her first school. The site features background and a timeline about Montessori, extracts from Montessori's writings, an introduction to Montessori teaching pedagogy, a collection of photos showing Montessori programs in a variety of countries and settings, and articles about the Montessori teaching method. Also includes material about centenary events. From the Montessori Centenary Steering Committee. January 6, 1907 - first Montessori Casa dei Bambini (Children's House) was opened in San Lorenzo, Rome.

Characteristics of Private Schools in the United States: Results From the 2003-2004 Private School Universe Survey http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006319  "This [2006] report on the 2003-2004 Private School Universe Survey presents data on private schools in the United States with grades kindergarten through twelve by selected characteristics such as school size, school level, religious orientation, association membership, geographic region, community type, and program emphasis." Covers Montessori, religious (including specific denominations), vocational, and other specialized schools. From the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.

A Profile of the American High School Sophomore in 2002 http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005338.pdf                                       The National Center for Education Statistics generates important research documents and papers on a regular basis, and this latest report will be of great interest to educators, policy-makers, and the general public. In this 292-page report, released in March 2005, findings are presented from the base year of the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002, which is a new longitudinal study of high school students. Throughout its pages, the report "provides descriptive information about the experiences and characteristics of a nationally representative sample of tenth-graders who were studied in the spring term of the 2001-2002 school year." As might be expected from such a thorough document, the report contains dozens of statistical summary tables which elucidate both the research findings and the general methodology of the investigation.