Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-238) and index.

CONTENTS:

Public education : the birth of a system -- Dissenting voice number one : the humanist-progressive tradition -- Dissenting voice number two : the religious-traditional movement -- The public school mainstream today and the range of alternatives -- Whole language -- Cooperative learning -- The social curriculum -- Multicultural education -- Developmental education -- Education for character -- Carden schools -- Christian schools -- Comer schools -- Core knowledge schools -- Essential schools -- Foxfire -- Free schools -- Friends schools -- Holistic schools -- Homeschooling -- The international baccalaureate -- Islamic schools -- Jewish day schools -- Mennonite and Amish schools -- Montessori schools -- Multiple intelligences education -- Progressive schools -- Protestant schools -- The Reggio Emilia approach -- Roman Catholic schools -- Teenage liberation : self- schooling for the adolescent -- Waldorf education -- Choosing a school -- The ultimate school : your own.