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A case study of a small, independent, parent-run program in Milwaukee's inner city combining parental involvement at all levels, a sense of mission, and a Montessori curriculum from preschool through third grade. Reviews the school's 27-year history and its commitment to diversity and nonviolence,

Three essays describe trends in the research of the past two decades that has been complementing the earlier discourses of positivism and quantity with those of ethnography and quality, and another six reports on specific projects examining social, educational, and institutional change and teacher

A fascinating anthropological study of work and work attitudes at two manufacturing facilities. The author explores how people view their workplaces, and the work that they do in them, teasing to articulation deeply embedded ideas about a familiar topic how the majority of us spend our waking hours

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.