Foreword, by Samuel Everett.
Introduction: Principles of community learning by W. H. Kilpatrick.
Urban community programs: Developing common concerns; the road to democracy, by H. G. Hullfish. A community educational center, by P. J. Misner. The school and the community it serves, by P. R. Pierce. The school as the center of community life in an immigrant area, by Leonard Covello.
Rural community programs: The community school in the rural scene by G. I. Sanchez. Developing community living among the Indians, by Allan Hulsizer. The community folk school, by Myles Horton. Community schools in Waialua, Hawaii, by F. E. Midkiff. A consolidated laboratory school, by H. A. Tape. A survey of community programs: Techniques used in community programs, by E. M. Draper.
Analysis: An analysis of the programs, by Samuel Everett.
Appendix: Annotated bibliography, by W. W. Wattenberg (p. 463-473)
