Schooling in America was originally geared to training children to conform to the existing social order and to remain content with their position in the social hierarchy; while this conservative educational philosophy has gradually changed, some traces of it remain today. (JD)

Contends that busing is a Cover Issue'' which ill-conceals a school crisis arising out of the social function of the American school--to train all children to accept and function in a social order which is oppressive and racist. (DM)

The six essays included in this volume apply the philosophy that only those children who are reared in complete freedom will grow up whole and free, and attack the institutions which can shape and distort the lives of children--schools, courts, and the family. The introduction discusses the dilemmas of those who would free the child within society…