“…Interwoven into such areas of inquiry are the related concepts of moral agency, moral purpose, the moral authority of accountable practice in education (Ball & Wilson, 1996;Goodlad, Soder, & Sirotnik, 1990;Hansen, 1998;Sergiovanni, 1992;Sockett, 1993;Strom, 1989), and the moral nature of schools (Haynes, 1998;Kirschenbaum, 1994;McCadden, 1998;Wiley, 1998). Concepts of agency and accountability of both teachers and schools raise questions more generally about the moral base of teacher professionalism.…”