Introduction
Section I: The School as Community: Extending Our Conceptual Understanding
1. The Complexity and Coherence of Educational Communities: An Analysis of the Images that Reflect and Influence Scholarship and Practice
Lynn G. Beck
2. Postmodernism and Community in Schools: Unraveling the Paradox
Gail Furman
3. The Role of Community in Spiritually Centered Leadership for Justice
Colleen A. Capper, Madeline M. Hafner, and Maureen W. Keyes
Section II: Research on School Community: Focus on Teachers
4. Contradictions of School Community in Restructuring Elementary Schools: Lessons from a Case Study
Paul Goldman and Gerald Tindal
5. Tensions and Struggles in Moving Toward a Democratic School Community
Ulrich C. Reitzug and Mary John O'Hair
6. Learning from Educators: Insights into Building Communities of Difference
Carolyn M. Shields
Section III: Research on School Community: Focus on Students
7. Schools as Communities for Students
Karen Osterman
8. Thinking about Community from a Student Perspective
Carolyn M. Shields
9. Children with Severe Disabilities in Regular Classrooms: Risk and Opportunity for Creating Inclusive Communities
Charles A. Peck, Chrysan Gallucci, and Debbie Staub
Section IV: Research on School Community: The Ecological Perspective
10. The Microecology of Social Capital Formation: Developing Community beyond the Schoolhouse Door
Hanne B. Mawhinney
11. Listening to Communities: An Ecological Perspective on Education and Human Services
Robert G. Croninger and Barbara Finkelstein
Conclusion: Toward a Practice of School Community
Gail Furman
Contributors
Index