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"The balance of centralization and decentralization also varies across institutional and policy domains, such as the legislative framework for education, drafting of curricula, benchmarking for accountability, accreditation, teacher training, and administrative responsibilities at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. Given these critical issues in federalism and education, this volume examines ongoing challenges and policy strategies in ten countries, namely Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. These chapters and the introductory overview aim to examine how countries with federal systems of government design, govern, finance, and assure quality in their educational systems spanning from early childhood to secondary school graduation. Particular attention is given to functional division between governmental layers of the federal system as well as mechanisms of intergovernmental cooperation both vertically and horizontally. The chapters aim to draw out comparative lessons and experiences in an area of great importance to not only federal countries but also countries that are emerging toward a federal system" -- Provided by publisher.

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

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