International perspectives on the goals of universal basic and secondary education / edited by Joel E. Cohen and Martin B. Malin.

"First published in 2010. First issued in paperback ed 2012."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Goals of universal basic and secondary education / Joel E. Cohen -- Education for all, but for what? / Kai-ming Cheng -- Goals of universal primary and secondary education in the 21st century : reviving the spirit of Socrates / Kishore Mahbubani -- What will be the near-future goals of education? / William K. Cummings -- Quality education : the work of optimists / Beryl Levinger -- Achieving education of high quality in Islamiyya schools of Nigeria / Mallam Bala Ahmed -- Nurturing learning ability : the goals of universal primary and secondary education / Camer Vellani -- Quality, the heart of equity / Vimala Ramachandran -- The dia program : the development of intelligence through art / Claudia Madrazo -- Educational goals : art, science, love, and the importance of binocular vision / Joel E. Cohen -- What does "universal" education mean? / James Carroll -- Teaching tolerance and open-minded approaches to understanding sacred texts / Mohamed Charfi and Hamadi Redissi -- Educating all the people for democratic governance : a U.S. perspective / Deborah Meier -- Educating for global competency / Fernando Reimers -- Education and the globalization paradigm / Marcelo M. Su{u2872}ez-Orozco -- Quality education : a UNESCO perspective / Mary Joy Pigozzi -- The challenge of defining a quality universal education : mapping a common core / Laura Hersh Salganik and Stephen J. Provasnik -- Quality education-what is it and who decides? Briefing paper for a policy maker / George M. Ingram -- Evaluating basic and secondary education / Ana Carolina Letichevsky -- For what should schools be held accountable? / Richard Rothstein and Rebecca Jacobsen.