 In 1978 , Peshkin moved to an Illinois community of 50 @,@ 000 people that he pseudonymically called Hartney , where he stayed and observed for 18 months . He lived in an apartment within the home of a family associated with what he called the Bethany Baptist church . Peshkin studied their 350 @-@ student K – 12 Christian day school , Bethany Baptist Academy ( also a pseudonym ) . The school opened six years prior with 88 students and was one of over one thousand members of the American Association of Christian Schools . The study focuses on the 125 students in the junior – senior high school . After a semester , Peshkin began to interview the community members , and used their quotes to let them " speak for themselves " . The book includes eight portraits of students — four from faith and four " scorners " who " consciously deviate " — as well as student and teacher survey data , displayed in 16 tables . An appendix includes course offerings and a bibliography . 
 In 1978 , Peshkin moved to an Illinois community of 50 @,@ 000 people <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>that</mark></a>he pseudonymically called Hartney , where he stayed and observed for 18 months . He lived in an apartment within the home of a family associated with what he called the Bethany Baptist church . Peshkin studied their 350 @-@ student K – 12 Christian day school , Bethany Baptist Academy ( also a pseudonym ) . The school opened six years prior with 88 students and was one of over one thousand members of the American Association of Christian Schools . The study <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>focuses</mark></a> on the 125 students in the junior – senior high school . After a semester , Peshkin began to interview the community members , and used their quotes to let them " speak for themselves " . The book <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>includes</mark></a> eight portraits of students<a href='been_done' title='4'><mark></mark></a> <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>—</mark></a> four from faith and four " scorners " <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>who</mark></a>" consciously deviate " — as well as student and teacher survey data , displayed in 16 tables . An appendix <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>includes</mark></a> course offerings and a bibliography . 
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