Community is what I think everyone is talking about

Focus group research met hods were used to investigate the alignment of inclusive education with other reform efforts at a targeted urban school, and the contributions of unified school reform to the educational and social benefit of all the students attending the school. General and bilingual education teachers, the inclusion support teacher and instructional assistants, parents of students with and without disabilities, and the principal from the targeted school (with additional participation from the principal and reform personnel from a second school in the district) participated in focus group activities that yielded a database for thematic analysis using qualitative research methods. A number of procedures were used to verify and validate the data collection process and findings. Emergent themes are described and interpreted in the context of the establishment of a school community that supports the academic and social development of all students.