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 Vega
Diversifying independent schools : examples from the Prep for Prep Program / Gary Simons
Teaching social responsibility : an interview with Robert Coles / Pearl Rock Kane
Why 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.