I was browsing around and happened upon a couple of books about our dear old Central High that you might be interested in.
The Making of an American High School: The Credentials Market and the Central High School of Philadelphia, 1838-1939
This book was published in 1992. From Amazon: “This prize-winning book analyzes the origins and development of the first public high school in Philadelphia, which became a model for secondary schools elsewhere. Using Central High School as a case study, Labaree argues that the American public high school is the product of the struggle between egalitarianism and meritocracy that is endemic to a democratic society. Winner of the History of Education Society’s Outstanding Book Award and co-winner of the American Educational Research Association’s Outstanding Book Award.”
Contribution of the Central High School of Philadelphia to the war
That may be the Civil War it’s talking about since this book was first published in 1864. From Amazon: “This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection”.
