Essays, previously published in somewhat different form by Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis.
Foreword to the 1995 edition by Jonathan Kozol -- Foreword by Colin Greer -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I won't learn from you -- Tattooed man: confessions of a hopemonger -- Excellence, equality, and equity -- Uncommon differences: on political correctness, core curriculum, and democracy in education -- Creative maladjustment and the struggle for public education