Introduction vi // PART ONE: TEACHERS // Chapter 1 The Teacher’s World 1 // Chapter 2 Teachers and Their Struggle for Professionalism 8 // Chapters Effective Teaching 19 // Chapter 4 Student Diversity 30 // PART TWO: SCHOOLS // Chapter 5 What Are Schools For? 42 // Chapter 6 What Students Are Taught in Schools 50 // Chapter 7 Controversy Over Who Shapes the Curriculum 62 // Chapter 8 The Social Side of School 73 // Chapter 9 Good Schools 85 // PART THREE: FOUNDATIONS // Chapter 10 The History of American Education 95 // Chapter 11 School Governance 106 // Chapter 12 School Law 114 // Chapter 13 Financing America’s Schools 124 // Chapter 14 Philosophy of Education 136 // PART FOUR: ISSUES AND TRENDS // Chapter 15 The Struggle for Equal Educational Opportunity 151 // Chapter 16 Contemporary Social Forces and Children at Risk 167 // Chapter 17 Today’s Reforms, Tomorrow’s Schools 177