The old problem of "new students" : purpose, content, and pedagogy / W. Norton Grubb -- Changing students, changing needs / Aaron M. Pallas, Gary Natriello, and Edward L. McDill -- Nurturing potential talent in a diverse population / A. Harry Passow -- Normalizing preschool education : the illusive imperative / Sharon L. Kagan -- The unfulfilled mission of federal compensatory education programs / Erwin Flaxman, Gary Burnett, and Carol Ascher -- Second-chance programs for youth / Frederick Doolittle -- Preparation for work : the "forgotten" student / Erwin Flaxman ... [et al.] -- Curriculum controversies in multicultural education / Christine E. Sleeter -- Creating educational opportunity for African Americans without upsetting the status quo / Robert Lowe and Harvey Kantor -- Minority schools on purpose / Charles L. Glenn -- Families and neighborhoods as contexts for education / Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Jill Denner, and Pam Klebanov -- The effectiveness of collaborative school-linked services / Margaret C. Wang, Geneva D. Haertel, and Herbert J. Walberg