Part 1. The Student Experience
1. Joaquin's Dilemma: Understanding the Link Between Racial Identity and School-Related Behaviors
2. The Trouble with Black Boys: The Impact of Social and Cultural Forces on the Academic Achievement of African American Males
3. And What Will Become of Children Like Miguel Fernandez?/Y Que Pasara Con Jovenes Como Miguel Fernandez? Education, Immigration, and the Future of Latinos in the United States
4. How Listening to Students Can Help Schools to Improve
Part 2. The Search for Equity
5. Latino Youth: Immigration, Education, and the Future
6. Preventing and Producing Violence: A Critical Analysis of Responses to School Violence
7. Schools, Prisons, and Social Implications of Punishment: Rethinking Disciplinary Practices
8. Racial Politics and the Elusive Quest for Excellence and Equity in Education
Part 3. The Schools We Need
9. Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education With Alan Blankstein
10. Standards for What? Accountability for Whom? Rethinking Standards-Based Reform in Public Education
11. Racial Isolation, Poverty, and the Limits of Local Control as a Means for Holding Public Schools Accountable
12. Transforming Urban Schools Through Investments in Social Capital
Epilogue: Joaquin's Dilemma Revisited
