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DIANA T. SLAUGHTER is Associate Professor of Education and Social Policy, in the Human Development and Social Policy Program, Northwestern University.DEBORAH J. JOHNSON is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

• Independent Schools with Black Children Making the Honor Roll: A Black Parent's Perspective on Private Education by Geraldine Kearse Brookins Ethnic Diversity: Patterns and Implications of Minorities in Independent Schools by Wanda A. Speede-Franklin Making a Difference for a New Generation: The ABC Story by Judith Griffin and Sylvia Johnson Promoting Independent School Enrollment in the Southeast: Three Organizational Efforts by Barbara Patterson Support Systems for Students of Color in Independent Schools by Cathy L. Royal A Social Experiment in Action: An Analysis of Black Parent Involvement in an Urban Private School by Ura Jean Oyemade and Robert D. Williams Summary and Discussion by Edgar G. Epps Catholic Schools and Black Children Blacks in Urban Catholic Schools in the United States: A Historical Perspective by V.P. Franklin and Edward B. McDonald Black Students in Low-Income Serving Catholic High Schools: An Overview of Findings from the 1986 National Catholic Education Association Study by Mary Lynch Barnds Black Family Participation in Catholic Secondary Education by Patricia A. Bauch Catholic School Closings: Efficiency, Responsiveness, and Equality of Access for Blacks by James G. Cibulka Independent Schools for Black Children Independent Black Institutions: A Cultural Perspective by Kofi Lomotey and Craig C. Brookins Defining a Tradition: Parental Choice in Independent Neighborhood Schools by Joan Davis Ratteray and Mwalimu Shugaa Summary and Discussion by Barbara Sizemore Parental Perceptions and Goals: Independent and Parochial Schools A Descriptive Survey of Black Parents in the Greater Washington, D.C., Area Who Chose to Send Their Children to Non-public Schools by Nancy L. Arnez and Faustine C. Jones-Wilson The Educational Goals of Black Private School Parents by Diana T. Slaughter, Deborah J. Johnson and Barbara L. Schneider Racial Socialization Strategies of Parents in Three Independent Black Schools by Deborah J. Johnson Educational Policy Issues: Blacks and Private Schools Private Schools and Black Families: An Overview of Family Choice Initiatives by Barbara L. Schneider The Public School Monopoly: Confronting Major National Policy Issues by Carol Camp Yeakey Summary and Discussion by Edmund Gordon