Book Review

Bryk, A. S. , Lee, V. E. , & Smith, J. B. (1990). High school organization and its effects on teachers and students: An interpretive summary of the research. In W. H. Clune & J. E. Witte (Eds.), Choice and control in American education, (Vol. I, pp. 135-226). London: Falmer.

Clark, R. (1983). Family life and achievement: Why poor black children succeed or fail. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Coleman, J. S. (1990). Foundations of social theory. Cambridge, MA: Belknap.

Coleman, J. S. , & Hoffer, T. (1987). Public and private high schools: The impact of communities. New York: Basic Books.

Comer, J. P. , Haynes, N. , Joyner, E. , & Ben-Avie, M. (Eds.). (1996). Rallying the whole village: The Comer process for reforming education. New York: Teachers College Press.

Cuban, L. (1988). The managerial imperative and the practice of leadership in the schools. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Elmore, R. F. (1988). Choice in public schools. In W. L. Boyd & C. T. Kerchner (Eds.), The politics of excellence and choice in education (pp. 79-98). New York: Falmer.

Elmore, R. F. (1993). School decentralization: Who gains? Who loses? In J. Hannaway & M. Carnoy (Eds.), Decentralization and school improvement: Can we fulfill the promise? San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Epstein, J. L. (1990). School and family connections: Theory, research and implications for integrating sociologies of education and family. In D. G. Unger & M. B. Sussman (Eds.), Families in community settings: Interdisciplinary perspectives (pp. 99-126). New York: Haworth.

Goodlad, J. I. (1984). A place called school: Prospects for the future. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Guba, E. , & Lincoln, Y. (1989). Fourth generation evaluation. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Henderson, A. T. (1988). Parents are a school’s best friends. Phi Delta Kappan, 70, 148-153.

Hewitt, J. P. (1989). Dilemmas of the American self. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Ho, E. S. (1997). Parental involvement and student performance: the contributions of economic, cultural, and social capital. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

King, R. A. , & Swanson, A. D. (1990). Resources for restructured schools: Partnerships, foundations, and volunteerism. Planning and Changing, 21, 94-107.

Knoke, D. , & Wright-Isak, C. (1982). Individual motives and organizational incentive systems. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 1, 209-254.

Litwak, E. , & Szelenyi, I. (1969). Primary group structures and their functions: Kin, neighbors and friends. American Sociological Review, 34, 465-481.

Lortie, D. C. (1975). School teacher: A sociological study. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Mathews, D. (1996). Is there a public for public schools? Dayton, OH: Kettering Foundation Press.

Mathews, D. (1997). The lack of a public for public schools. Phi Delta Kappan, 78, 740-743.

McLaughlin, M. L. (1988). Business and the public schools: New patterns of support. In D. H. Monk & J. Underwood (Eds.), Microlevel school finance: Issues and their implications for policy (pp. 63-80). Cambridge, MA: Ballinger.

Monk, D. H. (1990). Educational finance: An economic approach. New York: McGraw-Hill.

National Goals Panel . (1997). The national education goals report: Building a nation of learners, 1997. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Navarro, M. S. , & Natalicio, D. S. (1999). Closing the achievement gap in El Paso: A collaboration for K-16 renewal. Phi Delta Kappan, 80, 597-601.

Sizer, T. R. (1985). Horace’s compromise: The dilemma of the American high school. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Swanson, A. D. , & King, R. A. (1997). School finance: Its economics and politics (2nd ed.). New York: Longman.

Tonnies, F. (1940). Fundamental concepts of sociology. New York: American Book.

Waller, W. (1932). The sociology of teaching. New York: John Wiley.

Wasik, B. A. (1997). Volunteer tutoring programs: Do we know what works? Phi Delta Kappan, 79, 282-287.

Wasley, P , Hampel, R , & Clark, R. (1997). The puzzle of whole-school change. Phi Delta Kappan, 78, 690-697.