Bushnell (2001) This Bed of Roses Has Thorns: Cultural Assumptions and Community in an Elementary School

The Call for Community

Researching and Theorizing Community

Theoretical Framework

Studying Community

Oakleaf Country School

Community at Oakleaf

A Less Lovely Side of Community

Parent involvement

Teacher involvement

Problematizing Community

Community is Exclusive

Community is Oppositional

School Community is Gendered

Community is Coercive

Community is a Bed of Roses- with Thorns

Educational Implications

Community Takes Work and Time

Community Requires Change

Limitations of Gemeinschaft