The Schenley Experiment : : A Social History of Pittsburgh's First Public High School /

The Schenley Experiment : : A Social History of Pittsburgh's First Public High School / / Jake Oresick.

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The Schenley Experiment is the story of Pittsburgh's first public high school, a social incubator in a largely segregated city that was highly-even improbably-successful throughout its 156-year existence.Established in 1855 as Central High School and reorganized in 1916, Schenley High School wa...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Oresick, Jake,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2017
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Keystone Books
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 42 illustrations/4 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Origin Story: The People's College and Why Schenley High Almost Never Happened
  • 2 These Three Walls: The Comprehensive High School, Edward Stotz, and the Fight to Make Schenley Extraordinary
  • 3 Enter to Learn: 1916-1929
  • 4 Growing Pains: 1930-1949
  • 5 Running Uphill: 1950-1964
  • 6 The Writing on the Walls: 1965-1979
  • 7 If You're Going to Drop a Bomb: The PHRC, Richard Wallace, and the Teacher Center
  • 8 Renaissance: 1983-1993
  • 9 The School of Choice: 1994-2007
  • 10 Closing Time: Mark Roosevelt, Asbestos, and the "Save Schenley" Movement
  • 11 After Oakland: Reizenstein, University Prep, and Obama Academy
  • Conclusion
  • APPENDIX A. Notable Central High Alumni
  • APPENDIX B. Notable Schenley High Alumni
  • APPENDIX C. Athletics
  • APPENDIX D. Theater
  • APPENDIX E. Pittsburgh Public High Schools Index
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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