Foreword ....................................................... ix
Mary Hatwood Futrell
Preface ........................................................ xi
Iris C. Rotberg
Preface to the Second Edition .................................. xv
Iris C. Rotberg
Part I Dramatic Political/Economic Change
1 China: Turning the Bad Master into a Good Servant ............ 3
Kai-ming Cheng
Follow-Up 2010: Kai-ming Cheng .............................. 15
2 Russia: Struggling with the Aftermath ....................... 21
Mary Canning and Stephen T. Kerr
Follow-Up 2010: Stephen T. Kerr ............................. 45
3 South Africa: Overcoming Past Injustice ..................... 51
Luis Crouch
Follow-Up 2010: Luis Crouch and Martin Gustafsson ........... 70
Chile: Vouchers and Beyond .................................. 77
Robert W. McMeekin
Follow-Up 2010: Robert W. McMeekin .......................... 96
5 Germany: After Reunification ............................... 103
Barbara M. Kehm
Follow-Up 2010: Barbara M. Kehm ............................ 115
Part II Letting Go
6 France: Diverse Populations, Centralized Administration .... 121
Gérard Bonnet
Follow-Up 2010: Gerard Bonnet .............................. 141
7 Turkey: Innovation and Tradition ........................... 149
Hasan Simsek and AH Yildirim
Follow-Up 2010: Hasan Simsek and AH Yildirim ............... 175
8 Sweden: A Welfare State in Transition ...................... 181
Eva Forsberg and Ulf P. Lundgren
Follow-Up 2010: Eva Forsberg and Ulf P. Lundgren ........... 196
9 Israel: Equity and Competition in the Grip of
Centralized Bureaucracy .................................... 201
Adam Nir and Dan Inbar
Follow-Up 2010: Adam Nir, Dan Inbar, and Ori Eyal .......... 217
10 Japan: Encouraging Individualism, Maintaining Community
Values ..................................................... 223
Ryo Watanabe
Follow-Up 2010: Ryo Watanabe ............................... 234
Part III Transitions
11 Singapore: Schools in the Service of Society ............... 241
Batia P. Horsky and Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew
Follow-Up 2010: Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew ..................... 253
12 Canada: A Multicultural Policy ............................. 259
Ratna Ghosh
Follow-Up 2010: Ratna Ghosh ................................ 275
13 New Zealand: Empowering Teachers and Children .............. 281
Terry J. Crooks
Follow-Up 2010: Terry J. Crooks ............................ 305
14 England: New Governments, New Policies ..................... 311
Alison Wolf
Follow-Up 2010: Alison Wolf ................................ 334
15 Australia: The Challenges of Poverty, Pedagogy, and
Pathways ................................................... 339
Allan Luke
Follow-Up 2010: Allan Luke ................................. 348
16 United States: America's Orgy of Reform .................... 355
Peter Schrag
Follow-Up 2010: Richard Rothstein .......................... 374
Concluding Thoughts: On Change, Tradition, and Choices ..... 381
Iris C. Rotberg
Follow-Up 2010: Iris C. Rotberg ............................ 404
Notes ......................................................... 415
Index ......................................................... 425
About the Contributors ........................................ 433
About the Editor .............................................. 439
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