Deborah Eaker-Rich is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at North Carolina State University. Jane A. Van Galen is Associate Professor and Program Director in the Education Program at The University of Washington at Bothell. She is coeditor of Home Schooling: Political, Historical, and Pedagogical Perspectives.

• INTRODUCTIONDEBORAH EAKER-RICH AND JANE A. VAN GALENPART ONE. DILEMMAS OF CAREGIVERS 1.  Caring and the Open Moment in Educational Leadership A Historical PerspectiveJACKIE M. BLOUNT2.  Justice or Caring Pedagogical Implications for Gender EquityJAN STEREITMATTER3.  Uncommon Caring Male Primary Teachers as Constructed and ConstrainedJAMES R. KING4.  Forbidden to Care Gay and Lesbian TeachersRITA M. KISSEN5.  Understanding Caring in Context Negotiating Borders and BarriersJACI WEBB-DEMPSEY, BRUCE WILSON, DICKSON CORBETT, AND RHONDA MORDECAI-PHILLIPSPART TWO. DILEMMAS OF CREATING SCHOOLS AS CENTERS OF CAR E6.  Caring and Continuity The Demise of Caring in an African-American Community, One Consequence of School DesegregationVAN DEMPSEY AND GEORGE NOBLIT7.  Interpersonal Caring in the "Good" Segregated Schooling of African-American Children Evidence from the Case of Caswell County Training SchoolEMILIE V. SIDDLE WALKER8.  Caring in Community The Limitations of Compassion in Facilitating DiversityJANE A. VAN GALEN 9.  Caring in One Urban High School Thoughts on the Interplay Among Race, Class, and GenderLYNN G. BECK AND REBECCA L. NEWMAN10.  Caring as Empowerment School Collaboration and Community AgencyCARMEN I. MERCADO AND MEMBERS OF THE BRONX MIDDLE SCHOOL COLLABORATIVEConclusionDEBORAH EAKER-RICH, JANE A. VAN GALEN, AND ELLEN L. TIMOTHYCONTRIBUTORSIndex

"The topics covered in this book are crucial to the viability of the care ethic as a teaching ethic and as part of an institutional ethic. Unless educators can perceive a practical application of caring to dealing with the range of individuals, groups, and communities they work with, the care ethic remains a kind of hothouse flower, living only in singular relationships protected from most of the world." — Stefan J. Broidy, Southwest Missouri State University"What is of particular value in these essays, is the questions of caring that the authors engage in, first of themselves in their respective relationships, and then of the institutions. It is a shift from what is assumed to what is learned and reflected upon in experience. Also of value is the willingness to look deeper and try to gain a better understanding of the complexity of care—peeling away all the personal, societal, and institutionalized layers." — Susan T. Danin, Research for Better Schools

Deborah Eaker-Rich is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at North Carolina State University. Jane A. Van Galen is Associate Professor and Program Director in the Education Program at The University of Washington at Bothell. She is coeditor of Home Schooling: Political, Historical, and Pedagogical Perspectives.

• INTRODUCTIONDEBORAH EAKER-RICH AND JANE A. VAN GALENPART ONE. DILEMMAS OF CAREGIVERS 1.  Caring and the Open Moment in Educational Leadership A Historical PerspectiveJACKIE M. BLOUNT2.  Justice or Caring Pedagogical Implications for Gender EquityJAN STEREITMATTER3.  Uncommon Caring Male Primary Teachers as Constructed and ConstrainedJAMES R. KING4.  Forbidden to Care Gay and Lesbian TeachersRITA M. KISSEN5.  Understanding Caring in Context Negotiating Borders and BarriersJACI WEBB-DEMPSEY, BRUCE WILSON, DICKSON CORBETT, AND RHONDA MORDECAI-PHILLIPSPART TWO. DILEMMAS OF CREATING SCHOOLS AS CENTERS OF CAR E6.  Caring and Continuity The Demise of Caring in an African-American Community, One Consequence of School DesegregationVAN DEMPSEY AND GEORGE NOBLIT7.  Interpersonal Caring in the "Good" Segregated Schooling of African-American Children Evidence from the Case of Caswell County Training SchoolEMILIE V. SIDDLE WALKER8.  Caring in Community The Limitations of Compassion in Facilitating DiversityJANE A. VAN GALEN 9.  Caring in One Urban High School Thoughts on the Interplay Among Race, Class, and GenderLYNN G. BECK AND REBECCA L. NEWMAN10.  Caring as Empowerment School Collaboration and Community AgencyCARMEN I. MERCADO AND MEMBERS OF THE BRONX MIDDLE SCHOOL COLLABORATIVEConclusionDEBORAH EAKER-RICH, JANE A. VAN GALEN, AND ELLEN L. TIMOTHYCONTRIBUTORSIndex

"The topics covered in this book are crucial to the viability of the care ethic as a teaching ethic and as part of an institutional ethic. Unless educators can perceive a practical application of caring to dealing with the range of individuals, groups, and communities they work with, the care ethic remains a kind of hothouse flower, living only in singular relationships protected from most of the world." — Stefan J. Broidy, Southwest Missouri State University"What is of particular value in these essays, is the questions of caring that the authors engage in, first of themselves in their respective relationships, and then of the institutions. It is a shift from what is assumed to what is learned and reflected upon in experience. Also of value is the willingness to look deeper and try to gain a better understanding of the complexity of care—peeling away all the personal, societal, and institutionalized layers." — Susan T. Danin, Research for Better Schools

Deborah Eaker-Rich is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at North Carolina State University. Jane A. Van Galen is Associate Professor and Program Director in the Education Program at The University of Washington at Bothell. She is coeditor of Home Schooling: Political, Historical, and Pedagogical Perspectives.

• INTRODUCTIONDEBORAH EAKER-RICH AND JANE A. VAN GALENPART ONE. DILEMMAS OF CAREGIVERS 1.  Caring and the Open Moment in Educational Leadership A Historical PerspectiveJACKIE M. BLOUNT2.  Justice or Caring Pedagogical Implications for Gender EquityJAN STEREITMATTER3.  Uncommon Caring Male Primary Teachers as Constructed and ConstrainedJAMES R. KING4.  Forbidden to Care Gay and Lesbian TeachersRITA M. KISSEN5.  Understanding Caring in Context Negotiating Borders and BarriersJACI WEBB-DEMPSEY, BRUCE WILSON, DICKSON CORBETT, AND RHONDA MORDECAI-PHILLIPSPART TWO. DILEMMAS OF CREATING SCHOOLS AS CENTERS OF CAR E6.  Caring and Continuity The Demise of Caring in an African-American Community, One Consequence of School DesegregationVAN DEMPSEY AND GEORGE NOBLIT7.  Interpersonal Caring in the "Good" Segregated Schooling of African-American Children Evidence from the Case of Caswell County Training SchoolEMILIE V. SIDDLE WALKER8.  Caring in Community The Limitations of Compassion in Facilitating DiversityJANE A. VAN GALEN 9.  Caring in One Urban High School Thoughts on the Interplay Among Race, Class, and GenderLYNN G. BECK AND REBECCA L. NEWMAN10.  Caring as Empowerment School Collaboration and Community AgencyCARMEN I. MERCADO AND MEMBERS OF THE BRONX MIDDLE SCHOOL COLLABORATIVEConclusionDEBORAH EAKER-RICH, JANE A. VAN GALEN, AND ELLEN L. TIMOTHYCONTRIBUTORSIndex

"The topics covered in this book are crucial to the viability of the care ethic as a teaching ethic and as part of an institutional ethic. Unless educators can perceive a practical application of caring to dealing with the range of individuals, groups, and communities they work with, the care ethic remains a kind of hothouse flower, living only in singular relationships protected from most of the world." — Stefan J. Broidy, Southwest Missouri State University"What is of particular value in these essays, is the questions of caring that the authors engage in, first of themselves in their respective relationships, and then of the institutions. It is a shift from what is assumed to what is learned and reflected upon in experience. Also of value is the willingness to look deeper and try to gain a better understanding of the complexity of care—peeling away all the personal, societal, and institutionalized layers." — Susan T. Danin, Research for Better Schools