Schools as communities: Purveyors of democratic values and the cornerstones of a public philosophy

Establishing interdependency and community among people may be the solution to reestablishing or creating a tighter fabric of support for childrens' d evelopment, for building cultural democracy and a democratic state. This pa per attempts to create a bridge between education and the construction of s ustainable democratic communities in education, as a basis for building a p ublic philosophy. Ultimately sustainable democratic educational communities may address the concerns of today and tomorrow and build sustainable democ ratic communities in the larger global society.