FrontMatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Student Engagement and Disengagement in Urban High Schools -- 2 The Nature and Conditions of Engagement -- 3 Teaching and Learning -- 4 Climate, Organization, Composition, and Size of Schools -- 5 Family, Community, and Peers -- 6 Meeting Students' Nonacademic Needs -- 7 Education Through Theme-Based Learning Communities -- 8 Comprehensive High School Reform Designs -- 9 Summary of Findings and Recommendations -- Bibliography and References -- Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Index.