Volume 19, Number 2 (Spring) 1984
Murnane, Richard J. 1984. “A Review Essay--Comparisons of Public and Private Schools: Lessons from the Uproar.” Journal of Human Resources 19(2):263-277.
Editors Note. The editors invited the author to write this review essay on the Coleman, Hoffer, and Kilgore book,
High School Achievement: Public, Catholic, and Private Schools Compared (New York: Basic Books, 1982).
Helpful comments on earlier drafts were provided by Anthony Bryk, David Cohen, Paul Dimaggio, Dan Levy, Richard Nelson,
Barbara Newfeld, and Randall Olsen. I would particularly like to acknowledge the help of Edward Pauly, who read several
drafts of this paper and provided many important ideas.
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