ABSTRACT
McNeil traces the poor quality of high school instruction t the tensions between the social control purposes of schooling and the schools' educational goals.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|63 pages
Choice and Contradictions
chapter 1|17 pages
School Structure and Classroom Knowledge
chapter 2|45 pages
Structure and choice
part Two|90 pages
Four high schools
chapter 3|25 pages
Forest Hills High School
chapter 4|29 pages
Freeburg High School
chapter 5|16 pages
Maizeville High School
chapter 6|19 pages
Nelson High School
part Three|62 pages
Control and resistance
