This vividly told story offers compelling lessons to an America riven by racial, gender, and economic conflict.  How did educators and students turn a big public high school in 1970s California into a cohesive community that offered adults and youth alike a powerful sense of belonging and pathways to achievement?

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Karen V. Hansen is a writer and historical sociologist. She weaves together personal stories and social histories to illuminate the complexity and meaning of life-altering transitions and upheavals in people’s lives.

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