Papers by nationally recognized educational sociologists examine four dimensions of the educational process-school organization and governance, organization of students for instruction, classroom processes, and school-to-work transitions-and suggest methods to increase the effectiveness of each.

I. School Organization and Governance.- 1 Achievement-Oriented School Design.- 2 Lost in Translation: Applying Total Quality Management to Schools, Colleges, and Universities.- 3 Markets for Organizational Reform: Private Education in Post-Communist Poland.- 4 Lessons from Catholic High Schools on Renewing Our Educational Institutions.- 5 School Choice in New York City: Preliminary Observations.- II. Organizing Students for Instruction.- 6 Tracking Students for Instruction: Consequences and Implications for School Restructuring.- 7 Local Constraints on Opportunity to Learn Mathematics in High School.- III. Classroom Processes.- 8 Talking and Working Together: Conditions for Learning in Complex Instruction.- 9 Academic Challenge, Motivation, and Self-Esteem: The Daily Experiences of Students in High School.- IV. School-to-Work Transitions.- 10 Reforming Education: A Critical Overlooked Component.- 11 Creating Linkages in the High School-to-Work Transition: Vocational Teachers’ Networks.

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