Contents

Preface

I. An Education for Everybody

Editor’s Introduction
1) The Business of Schooling. George Kent. UN Chronicle
2) Educating Amaretch: Private Schools for the Poor and the New Frontier for Investors. James Tooley. FT.com
3) Crowds of Pupils but Little Else in African Schools. Sharon LaFraniere. The New York Times
4) Keeping the Promise. Birger Fredriksen. Finance & Development

II. Beyond Knowledge: The Other Uses of Education

Editor’s Introduction
1) A Nation With a Long Memory, but a Truncated History. Hassan M. Fattah. The New York Times
2) Should We Teach Patriotism? Diane Ravitch. Phi Delta Kappan
3) An Education in Muslim Integration. Jay Tolson. U.S. News & World Report
4) Strategies for Teaching Civic Education: An International Perspective. Kaye Pepper. Kappa Delta Pi Record
5) “A” Is for Allah, “J” Is for Jihad. Craig Davis. World Policy Journal
6) Preach Your Children Well. Amanda Gefter. New Scientist

III. Globalization and the Goal of Education

Editor’s Introduction
1) New Paradigms for 21st Century Education: An International Perspective. Victor Ordo–ez and Siegfried Ramler. Independent School
2) College Goes Global. William R. Brody. Foreign Affairs
3) A World Transformed: How Other Countries Are Preparing Students for the Interconnected World of the 21st Century. Vivien Stewart. Phi Delta Kappan
4) Rethinking Education in the Global Era. Marcelo M. Su‡rez-Orozco. Phi Delta Kappan

IV. Education in Our Technological Age

Editor’s Introduction

1) Online High-School Programs that Work: Five Common Strategies for Making Online High School Programs Effective in Your School District. M. D. Roblyer. The Education Digest
2) Technology in Ethiopian Schools: Connecting Children from Various Cultures. Judit Szente. Learning and Leading with Technology
3) The Promise of Open Educational Resources. Marshall S. Smith and Catherine M. Casserly. Change
4) Beyond the Book: Electronic Textbooks Will Bring Worldwide Learning. Parker Rossman. The Futurist
5) A Review of Two Mainline E-Learning Projects in the European Union. HŸseyin Uzunboylu. Educational Technology Research and Development

V. In Pursuit of Quality Education

Editor’s Introduction
1) Schools Making Tough Choices: An International Perspective. Iris C. Rotberg. Principal
2) The Measure of Learning. Alex Kingsbury. U.S. News & World Report
3) If You Think We Have Problems . . . Japan’s Inferior University System. Jane Barnes Mack-Cozzo. The American Enterprise
4) Freedom of Choice Can Only Make It Better. Kevin Donnelly. Weekend Australian
5) Discounting Education’s Value. Anthony P. Carnevale. The Chronicle of Higher Education

Bibliography

Books

Web Sites

Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts

Index

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