This is a case study of a public high school in the midst of school reform, conflict and change. The volume analyzes liberal/communitarian debates, engaging from a methodology that attempts to understand how the idea of community in a public school is actually constructed.

This is a case study of a public high school in the midst of school reform, conflict and change. The volume analyzes liberal/communitarian debates, engaging from a methodology that attempts to understand how the idea of community in a public school is actually constructed.

This book articulates a path for a renewed conception of-and commitment to-the public dimensions of schooling. It is an interdisciplinary book of philosophy and politics, written for educational leaders working in or on behalf of public schooling. Publics for Public Schools introduces a fresh view on how educational leaders might view the public ideal. In this conception of public work and leadership, educational leaders do not work with the public but help to achieve publics for public schools. The demos, or "the people" in the case of democratic governance of schools, mobilize around...