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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.
Making a Mass Institution describes how this process created both a distinct youth culture and a divided and unjust system, one that effectively sorted students geographically, economically, and racially.
List of contents
Contents
Introduction
1 Shortridge, then Manual, then Arsenal: Indianapolis Defines and Develops a High School System, 1890-1919
2 Forced Segregation and the Creation of Crispus Attucks High School, 1919-1929
3 The High School Moves to the Center of the American Adolescent Experience, 1929-1941
4 An End to
De Jure School Segregation, Crispus Attucks Basketball Success, and the Limits of Racial Equality, 1941-1955
5 "Life Adjustment" Education, Suburbanization, Unigov, and an Unjust System by a New Name, 1955-1971
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
About the author
KYLE P. STEELE is an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.
Summary
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. Making a Mass Institution describes how this process created both a distinct youth culture and a divided and unjust system, one that effectively sorted students geographically, economically, and racially.
