Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: Social Justice and Democracy: Unmet Promises. P. Krugman, For Richer. S. Books, Funding Accountability: States, Courts, and Public Responsibility. J.L. Rury, Democracy's High School? Social Change and American Secondary Education in the Post-Conant Era. L.M. McNeil, Creating New Inequalities: Contradictions of Reform. C.E. Sleeter, C. Grant, Illusions of Progress: Business as Usual. S. Aronowitz, Higher Education as a Public Good. Part II: Schools for Sale: Consumerism, Corporate Culture, and Public Education. C.E. Boutwell, Profits Without People. H.A. Giroux, Kids for Sale: Corporate Culture and the Challenge of Public Schooling. H.S. Shapiro, The Littleton Tragedy. A. Molnar, Commercial Culture and the Assault on Children's Character. D.E. Purpel, Goals 2000: The Triumph of Vulgarity and the Legitimation of Social Injustice. Part III: Marginality and Difference: The Fractured Community. J.R. Martin, Becoming Educated: A Journey of Alienation or Integration? A. Portes, English-Only Triumphs, but the Costs Are High. M. Kimmel, What About the Boys? H. Berlak, Race and the Achievement Gap. D. Risner, What Matthew Shepard Would Tell Us: Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education. H.S. Shapiro, A Parent's Dilemma: Public vs. Jewish Education. Part IV: Critique and Hope: Moral and Spiritual Perspectives on Education. H. Berlak, From Local Control to Government and Corporate Takeover of School Curriculum: The No Child Left Behind Act and the Reading First Program. H.S. Shapiro, Public School Reform: The Mismeasure of Education. N. Noddings, Care and Moral Education. D. Huebner, Education and Spirituality. M. Lerner, The Spiritual Transformation of Education. D.E. Purpel, Social Justice, Curriculum, and Spirituality. Part V: Globalization and Education: Twenty-First Century Challenge. N. Klein, Threats and Temps. E. O'Sullivan, Education and the Dilemmas of Modernism: Toward an Ecozioc Vision. Z. Baumam, Identity in the Globalizing World. D. Held, The Transformation of Political Community: Rethinking Democracy in the Context of Globalization. H.S. Shapiro, Lessons of September 11: What Should Schools Teach?