when that is achieved, and when students stand behind their decisions and enforce them, the school can be said to be operating as a just community.
Staff members involved in this just-community project reported that it did increase students’ skill in resolving moral conflicts by peaceful, reasoned means. Power ‘ s review of subsequent just-community projects in other places led him to conclude that Kohlberg ’s approach succeeded in establishing school cultures conducive to the development of socio-moral reasoning and action. However, hersh, miller, and fielding cautioned : “ because our schools are so oriented toward ‘measurable’ growth, teachers may find it frustrating to embrace a moral that involves long-term learning and is difficult to measure precisely”