附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171) and index.
1. Schools as communities of commitment. The call for a different type of high school -- What makes schools communities of commitment? -- Critical characteristics of schools that are communities of commitment -- A vocational-technical high school can be academic -- A high school for new English language learners -- A real chance high school -- Organization, relationships, and teaching and learning in schools as communities of commitment -- 2. Organizing schools to be communities of commitment. Creating possibilities -- Images of schools organized for commitment -- Conclusion --3. Caring relationships : the main thing. A snapshot of a powerful relationship -- The nature of caring relationships in a school setting -- Leveraging relationships for social development and academic achievement -- Relationships as a source of social capital -- Conclusion.
4. Teaching and learning for making meaning. A classroom for public and personal discourse -- How making meaning finds its way onto the teaching and learning landscape -- Instructional infrastructure to support teaching and learning for making meaning -- Teacher learning -- Conclusion -- 5. Possibilities for schools as communities of commitment : what it takes. Internal conditions -- External conditions -- Scaling up -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Exhibit 1: Urban Academy schedule -- Exhibit 2: Hodgson Steering Committee goals -- Exhibit 3: International curriculum -- Exhibit 4: Urban Academy course catalog -- Exhibit 5: Hodgson best practices.
