Unfortunately, civic values such as equity and justice that constitute the moral grounding of American democracy are losing their place in public affairs

John I. Goodlad, Roger Soder, Bonnie McDaniel

Introduction, Kenneth Alhadeff, John I. Goodlad; Chapter 1 A Nonnegotiable Agenda, John I. Goodlad; Chapter 2 What Is Renewal? Why Now?, Alan T. Wood; Chapter 3 Education Writ Large, Jane Roland Martin; Chapter 4 Elevating Education's Public Purpose, Paul G. Theobald; Chapter 5 The Human Conversation, Bonnie McDaniel; Chapter 6 Making Moral Systems of Education, Gary Daynes; Chapter 7 Toward Democratic Schools, Jim Strickland, Dianne Suiter; Chapter 8 A Tale of Two Districts, James R. Lowham, William Mester, Barbara A. Lippke, Eugene B. Edgar; Chapter 9 School Boards and the Power of the Public, Michael A. Resnick, Anne L. Bryant; Chapter 10 Journalism, Schooling, and the Public Good, Richard W. Clark, Clifford G. Rowe; Chapter 11 From Here to There: What Really Matters, Roger Soder, John I. Goodlad;