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The New York Times, August 2,197 1.
“Action for Excellence,” New York City Board of Education, January 18, 1966.
Policy Decisions on Comprehensive High Schools, New York City Board of Education, November 29, 1967.
Vocational Education in the Comprehensive High School, May 31, 1967.
James B. Conant,The American High School Today (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959).
In the school year 1968-69, it was estimated that the cost per pupil in academic high school was $1,442.63; in vocational high school, $2,019.38, a difference of $576.75 per year.
The corresponding retention rate for the academic high school is 66.5 percent.
A number of these elements are in effective use for students at the John Dewey High School in Brooklyn.
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Blanche K. Katz, a former high school teacher, was chairman of the Education Committee of the Women's City Club of New York, 1961–1969, during which time she helped direct and write three studies on vocational schools, local school boards and the community colleges of CUNY. As program director for the Committee on Education, Guidance and Work of the Public Education Association, she wroteHigh Schools for a Changing World andTraining for the Automotive Trades. She is the author also ofBeyond Tomorrow, a guide to career training produced for CUNY. Most recently, she has been working as a consultant on high school reorganization for a member of the New York City Board of Education. This article is the first in a series dealing with issues related to urban high schools.
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Katz, B.K. Comprehensive nigh schools: An overview. Urban Rev 5, 4–9 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02227118
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