Working-Class Kids and Visionary Educators in a Multiracial High School

In 1970s California, when many school communities resisted progress, visionary teachers and dynamic students at Sunnyvale High School created a vibrant, multiracial school community where students took on meaningful leadership roles, found common ground, and blazed multiple paths to successful adulthood.

Karen V. Hansen is Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Sociology at Brandeis University.
Nicholas Monroe holds a PhD in sociology and works at Gartner.