Table of Contents:
  • Federalism and Education: Cross-National Lessons on Governance, Standards, and Accountability for the 21st Century / Kenneth K. Wong, Felix Knüpling, Mario Kölling, and Diana Chebenova -- Schooling Policy in Australia: Concurrent, Complex, and Contested / Bronwyn Hinz -- Federalism and Education in Austria / Peter Bussjäger -- The Organization of Education Policies: A Mirror of Belgian Political History and Federalism / Peter Bursens, Petra Meier, and Peter Van Petegem -- Federalism and Education: The Canadian Case / Jennifer Wallner -- Educational Federalism in Germany: Tensions Between the States' Autonomy and Cooperative Unitarization / Henrik Scheller -- The Italian Education System: Constitutional Design, Organization and Policy-Making / Elisabeth Alber and Martina Trettel -- Federalism and Education: Governance, Standards, and Innovation for the 21st Century in Spain / Mario Kölling and Xavier Rambla -- The Pros and Cons of Horizontal Federalism: Primary and Secondary Education Governance in Switzerland / Béatrice Zielgler, Monika Waldis, Daniel Kübler, Andri Gustin and Andreas Glaser -- Federalism and Education: The Case of the UK / Deborah Wilson and Llorenc O'Prey -- Public Education as a Shared State-Federal Function in the United States: Institutional Changes and Policy Challenges / Kenneth K. Wong.