What is an independent school? / Pearl Rock Kane The role of private schools in American education / Diane Ravitch Different forms of independent education / Richard Barbieri Boarding schools : educating the whole child / Kendra Stearns O'Donnell Boys' schools : a progressive case for an ancient form / Richard A. Hawley Girls' schools : separate means equal / Rachel Phillips Belash Becoming coeducational : a report from Deerfield / Michael S. Cary Becoming coeducational : a report from Lawrenceville / James T. Adams Marketing independence : ensuring survival in the 1990s / Meg Milne Moulton Revelations of boarding school life : a headmaster's perspective / Ishmael The role of administrators / Pearl Rock Kane and John B. Mason On teaching in the independent school / William Bullard On being "shafted" : memories of an Exeter graduate / John Irving
Sports in a school curriculum:four postulates to play by / E.M. Swift The role of the arts in independent schools / Maxine Greene How independent is independent school curriculum? / Z. Vance Wilson A comparison of public and private schools : the impact of community values / James S. Coleman and Kathryn S. Schiller School culture:balancing tradition and innovation / Terrence E. Deal From the South Bronx to Groton/Johanna VegaDiversifying independent schools: examples from the Prep for Prep Program / Gary SimonsTeaching social responsibility:an interview with Robert Coles / Pearl Rock KaneWhy markets are good for education / John E. Chubb and Terry M. Moe Politics, markets, and American schools : a rejoinder / Albert Shanker and Bella Rosenberg Why privatizing public education is a bad idea/Bill Honig
Choice: a strategy for educational reform / Deborah W. Meier
Epilogue: Future challenges for independent schools / Pearl Rock Kane.
