Table of Contents

Education and Social Justice: Issues of Liberty and Equality in the Global Culture.- Education for All and the New Development Compact.- If Only My Eyes Were Different: The Loss of Identity and the Underutilization of Black Children's Educational Potential—Rethinking Assimilation and Social Justice.- Freedom's Children: a Gender Perspective on the Education of the Learner Citizen.- Cultural Diversity as Resistance to Neoliberal Globalization: The Emergence of a Global Movement and Convention.- L'apprentissage Précoce des Langues: des Pratiques Sociologiquement et Politiquement Marquees.- Educational Decentralization, Public Spending, and Social Justice in Nigeria.- Social Justice and Gender in Chinese Higher Education: Regional Issues of Equity and Access.- The University for Older Adults: on Cuba's Universalization of the University.- Quality and Equity in Early Childhood Care in Peru.- Cultural Complexity, Postcolonial Perspectives, and Educational Change: Challenges for Comparative Educators.