ABSTRACT
We began the work that led to the publication of this book almost a decade ago, in 1972, in the closing years of an era when there was, if not a universal, a widely held conviction among middle-of-the-road and left-leaning political leaders and intellectuals that social injustice and poverty could be overcome; that equal opportunity, material plenty and a high quality of life could and would be extended to all through or with the aid of governmental policies and programs, with schools playing a significant role in the gradual change to a more progressive social order.
