Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index.
1. Crisis Tendencies in Urban Education -- 2. Teachers and Crisis: Teachers' Work Culture in Sociohistorical Perspective -- 3. Teachers and Basic Skills Restructuring in Midstate -- 4. Teachers and Basic Skills Restructuring in Urbanville -- 5. Role Formalization and "Playing the Game" in Urbanville Schools -- 6. "Classroom Management" in the Basic Skills Era -- 7. Beyond the Crisis in Urban Schooling