Contents
About the Authors
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part I. Framing Themes and Illuminating
Theory
Chapter 1. The Social Foundations of Schooling: An Overlooked Dimension for Improvement
Chapter 2. Relational Trust
(With Julie Kochanek)
Part II. Relational Trust in Three Urban School
Communities
Chapter 3. Ridgeway Elementary School: The Costs of Conflicted Leadership (With Sharon Greenberg and Julie Kochanek)
Chapter 4. Thomas Elementary School: Cultural Diversity as an Obstacle to Trust (With Sharon Greenberg and Julie Kochanek)
Chapter 5. Holiday Elementary School: Dedicated to the Welfare of the Children (With Sharon Greenberg And Julie Kochanek)
Part III. Effects and Implications
Chapter 6. Relational Trust and Improving Academic
Achievement
(With Julie Kochanek)
Chapter 7. Analytic and Policy Implications for School Reform
Appendix A: Description of the Field Study
Appendix B: Measures and Other Variables Used
Appendix C: Analysis Details
Notes
References
Index