The author relates his experiences at a half black, half white high school in 1990s New England, focusing on the perspectives of the students. He asserts that just as race is the central story at Lynne English High, it is also the central story of public education in the US today. He suggests that schools involve their most challenging students by tying the things these students already know into a curriculum of skills that will help them have meaningful social and work lives when their schooling ends. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
