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Making a Mass Institution
Indianapolis and the American High School
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2020
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Making a Mass Institution describes how Indianapolis, Indiana created a divided and unjust system of high schools over the course of the twentieth century, one that effectively sorted students geographically, economically, and racially. Like most U.S. cities, Indianapolis began its secondary system with a singular, decidedly academic high school, but ended the 1960s with multiple high schools with numerous paths to graduation. Some of the schools were academic, others vocational, and others still for what was eventually called “life adjustment.” This system mirrored the multiple forces of mass society that surrounded it, as it became more bureaucratic, more focused on identifying and organizing students based on perceived abilities, and more anxious about teaching conformity to middle-class values. By highlighting the experiences of the students themselves and the formation of a distinct, school-centered youth culture, Kyle P. Steele argues that high school, as it evolved into a mass institution, was never fully the domain of policy elites, school boards and administrators, or students, but a complicated and ever-changing contested meeting place of all three.
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KYLE P. STEELE is an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.
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"Steele, an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy, writes about how the city of Indianapolis created a divided and unjust system of high schools over the course of the 20th century, and one that effectively sorted students geographically, economically and racially."
— UW Oshkosh Today"The details in this valuable case study bring to life the story of discrimination on the basis of race and social class."
— Robert L. Hampel, author of Fast and Curious: A History of Shortcuts in American Education"A critical addition to a growing body of scholarship that examines the ways that educational institutions interact with class, race, and space to intensify inequality over time."
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Contents
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Introduction
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1. Shortridge, Then Manual, Then Arsenal
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2. Forced Segregation and the Creation of Crispus Attucks High School, 1919–1929
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3. The High School Moves to the Center of the American Adolescent Experience, 1929–1941
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4. An End to De Jure School Segregation, Crispus Attucks Basketball Success, and the Limits of Racial Equality, 1941–1955
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5. “Life Adjustment” Education, Suburbanization, Unigov, and an Unjust System by a New Name, 1955–1971
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Conclusion
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Acknowledgments
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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About the Author
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September 7, 2020
eBook ISBN:
9781978814431
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Keywords for this book
Education; Urban; History; Secondary; American Studies; Sociology; Suburbanization; School Segregation; Basketball; Racial Equality; High School; Forced Segregation; Crispus Attucks; High School System; Mass Institution; Indianapolis; Indiana; Divided system; unjust system; twentieth century; Geographically; Economically; Racially.; Kyle P. Steele; policy elites; school boards; administrators; students
Audience(s) for this book
For universities and colleges of further and higher education
