"The contributions engage an impressive array of countries and issues. The volume serves as an excellent guide for problem solving. General readers; upper-division undergraduates through professionals." -- Choice
Contents *Introduction *Limits of Modern Education, William K. Cummings *Last Frontiers of Education for All: A Close-Up of Schools in the Periphery, H. Dean Nielsen *Strategies *Improving School-Community Relations in the Periphery, James H. Williams *School-Language Policy Decisions for Nondominant Language Groups, Zeynep F. Beykont *School Curriculum in the Periphery: The Case of South India, Prema Clarke *Teachers Working in the Periphery: Addressing Persistent Policy Issues, Maria Teresa Tatto *School and Classroom Organization in the Periphery: The Assets of Multigrade Teaching, Dunham Rowley, Jr. and H. Dean Nielsen *Managing Change *Management Initiatives for Reaching the Periphery, William K. Cummings *Reaching the Periphery: Toward a Community-Oriented Education, H. Dean Nielsen and Zeynep Beykont *Index