This book unites a dynamic group of scholars who examine linkages among local, national, and international levels of educational policy and practice. Utilizing multi-sited, ethnographic approaches, the essays explore vertical interactions across diverse levels of policy and practice while prompting horizontal comparisons across twelve sites in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. The vertical case studies focus on a range of topics, including participatory development, the politics of culture and language, neoliberal educational reforms, and education in post-conflict settings. Editors Vavrus and Bartlett contribute to comparative theory and practice by demonstrating the advantages of thinking vertically.
Author Biography:
Jill P. Koyama, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA
Rosemary Max, Loyola University Chicago, USA
Tonya Muro, Global Nomads Group, USA
Aleesha Taylor, Open Society Institute, USA
Moira Wilkinson, UNICEF
Maria Hantzopoulos, Vassar College, USA
Audrey Bryan, University College Dublin, Ireland
Laura Alicia Valdiviezo, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Mary Mendenhall, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
Janet Shriberg, University of Denver, USA
Zeena Zakharia, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA