Reviews the debate during this century over the optimal size for an individual school in terms of efficiency and student outcomes. Current consensus correlates small schools with school effectiveness, community and school identity, and individual fulfillment and participation, and large schools with school inefficiency, institutional bureaucracy,…

Presents an overview of research on blacks in private schools. Describes which black families send children to private schools, and why; availability of financial assistance; black student achievement in private schools; the quality of education offered to blacks at private schools; and the impact of private schooling on students' racial identity.…