This article examines the dilemmas of producing difference in the public school system by focusing on one fine arts school that was designated as a school of choice in its district. Limits to how much difference could be achieved in the school were determined by complex district politics, in which the market played only a small part. Teachers' views of examinations and curriculum, decisions about admission and public relations policies, and interpretations of the collective agreement with teachers were the key issues. Change was incremental and contested, but it engaged an important educational debate. The article concludes with a discussion of the educational policy issues involved and their relationship to a politics of pluralism.
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