Table of Contents:
  • The old problem of "new students" : purpose, content, and pedagogy / W. Norton Grubb
  • Changing students, changing needs / Aaron M. Pallas, Gary Natriello, and Edward L. McDill
  • Nurturing potential talent in a diverse population / A. Harry Passow
  • Normalizing preschool education : the illusive imperative / Sharon L. Kagan
  • The unfulfilled mission of federal compensatory education programs / Erwin Flaxman, Gary Burnett, and Carol Ascher
  • Second-chance programs for youth / Frederick Doolittle
  • Preparation for work : the "forgotten" student / Erwin Flaxman [and others]
  • Curriculum controversies in multicultural education / Christine E. Sleeter
  • Creating educational opportunity for African Americans without upsetting the status quo / Robert Lowe and Harvey Kantor
  • Minority schools on purpose / Charles L. Glenn
  • Families and neighborhoods as contexts for education / Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Jill Denner, and Pam Klebanov
  • The effectiveness of collaborative school-linked services / Margaret C. Wang, Geneva D. Haertel, and Herbert J. Walberg.