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"Public and Private High Schools: The Impact of Communities."
Basic Books, 10 East 53rd St., New York, N.Y. 10022. 243 pp. $21.95.
Authors: James S. Coleman and Thomas Hoffer
What makes a high school successful?
Coleman, a sociologist at the University of Chicago, and Hoffer, a research asso-ciate at Northern Illinois University's Pub- lic Opinion Laboratory, conducted a four- year study of 1,015 private and public high schools. They conclude t...