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Introduction
 The introduction sets forth the general assumptions of the book. It argues that while schools are still important institutions for learning, that they are not the only means by which we educate people in American society. The idea of postmodernism is then introduced and how American culture has changed over the past thirty or forty years in ways that profoundly affect the work of teachers.
Web sites on Ivan Illich include:
Ivan Illich Archive
http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~ira/illich/
Ivan Illich Writing on the Web
http://www.preservenet.com/theory/Illich.html
Profile of Ivan Illich
http://philosophy.la.psu.edu/illich/profile.html
Information on Vernore Vinge’s idea of a Singularity is availaible at several sites:
Vernor Vinge on the Singularity
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~phoenix/vinge/vinge-sing.html
Singularity (Whole Earth Review)
http://alumni.engin.umich.edu/~jxm/singlar.html
Postmodernism and criticisms of postmodernism can be found at:
Postmodernism and Its Critics
http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/Faculty/murphy/436/pomo.htm
The following are some of the more interesting magazines and newspapers online for teachers and others interested in education.
Instructor Magazine
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor.htm
T. H. E. Journal (Computers and Education)
http://www.thejournal.com/
Education Week (Newspaper)
http://www.edweek.org/
Useful Sources on the History of Education can be found at:
Blackwell History of Education Museum
http://www.cedu.niu.edu/blackwell/
History of Education: Selected Moments of the 20th Century
http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~daniel_schugurensky/assignment1/index.html#90s
The History of Education and Childhood
http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/index.html
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