Conant Report

Conant Report
Author	James B. Conant
Subject	Secondary education in the United States
Publisher	McGraw-Hill
Publication date	1959

The American High School Today: A First Report to Interested Citizens, better known as the Conant Report, is a 1959 assessment of American secondary schooling and 21 recommendations, authored by James B. Conant.^[1]

Publication

During his term as United States ambassador to West Germany, James B. Conant arranged for a Carnegie Corporation-funded, intensive study of American high schools to commence upon his return. His researchers studied 100 high schools across 18 states between September 1957 and July 1958. En route to becoming a best seller, its 1959 publication coincided with major media coverage, with articles in Life, Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News & World Report each heralding the report's conclusion that American public high schools could be improved without radical changes.^[2]

References

^ Magill, Frank N. (2013). Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 7: The 20th Century. Routledge. p. 751. ISBN 978-1-136-59334-5.
^ Angus, David L.; Mirel, Jeffrey (1999). The Failed Promise of the American High School, 1890-1995. Teachers College Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-8077-3842-9.

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