MAKING SCHOOLS WORK

BY: MARCUS A FOSTER

WRITTEN IN 1971

Foreword, by Alex Haley

Introduction

Part I / Perspectives

1.You Are What You Do:

The New Role of Leadership

2.What's Happening:

The Sociology of Conflict

Part II / Cases

3.Two Rights Can Make a Wrong! Finding the Middle Ground

4.A Little Relevance Can Be a Dangerous Thing:Channeling Anger

5.Losing Isn't Everything:

Integrity in Leadership

(6.Rules of the Game:

Real-Life Learning

7.The Majority Minority:

Switching the Issue

Part III / Retooling Schools

8.All Together Now:

Milieu Education

9.The Good Bad School:

Reap What You Expect

10.Learning How to Win:

The Importance of Image

11.The Political Football

That Kicked Back:

The School as a Social Force

Part IV / Systems

12.Oakland's Time Is Now:

Putting Schools Together Again

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