The public purpose of education and schooling

Public schooling : education for democracy / Benjamin R. Barber

The meanings of "public education" / Theodore R. Sizer

Education, equity, and the right to learn / Linda Darling-Hammond

On restoring public and private life / Gary D. Fenstermacher

Toward a democratic rhetoric of schooling / Donna H. Kerr

Democracy : do we really want it? / Roger Soder

Education for civility and civitas : panel discussion

Prospects for reform : conversation with the audience

Reprise and a look ahead / John I. Goodlad.