Private schools in historical perspective : An overview of private schooling -- The panorama of denominational schools -- Independent schools and their antecedents -- The world of the private school : The human input -- The emerging student outlook -- Teachers and teaching in private schools -- Styles in leadership: headmasters and principals -- Making ends meet: the crisis in school finance -- Private schools and the racial question -- Aspiration and reality: notes on the dynamics of institutional change -- Private schools and the public interest : State aid: salvation or Trojan horse -- Public policy for nonpublic schools: state regulation and the improvement of teaching -- The school of the future