He looks beyond the political communitarianism of Etzioni and others, to the concerns of Taylor, Sandel and other social theorists, He suggests that the core ideas in the communitarian agenda can be reduced to ten basic themes - all of which have policy implications for schools. The family should be the primary moral educator of children. Character education includes the systematic teaching of virtues in schools. The ethos of the community has an educative function in school life. Schools should promote the rights and responsibilities inherent within citizenship.
Community service is an important part of a child's education in school.
A major purpose of the school curriculum is to teach social and political life-skills. Schools should provide an active understanding of the common good. Religious schools are able to operate a strong version of the communitarian perspective. Many existing community-based education practices reflect the features of the communitarian perspective. Schools should adopt a more democratic structure of operating.