Series Editor's Preface
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction: Regional Overview, C. M. Posner (Institute of Education, University College London, UK), Christopher Martin (Institute of Education, University College London, UK) and Yvonne Martin (Independent Education Consultant)
Part I: México
1. Overview, Elsa Guzmán (Independent Educational Consultant), Christopher Martin (Institute of Education, University College London, UK) and C. M. Posner (Institute of Education, University College London, UK)
2. Educational Reform, Carlos Ornelas (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico)
3. Policy and the Political System, Bonifacio Barba (University of Aguascalientes, Mexico)
4. Failure of Curricular and Institutional Reform, Rodolfo Ramirez Raymundo (Institute Belisario Dominguez, Mexico)
5. Improving Educational Quality, David Turner (University of South Wales, UK) and María Guadalupe González de Turner (World Education Fellowship, UK)
Part II: Central America and Panamá
6. Costa Rica: Selection and Control, Ronulfo Jiménez (Academia de Centroamérica, Costa Rica)
7. Honduras: The Failure of Reform, Javier Luque (Pontifical Catholic University, Peru)
8. Nicaragua: Education and the Challenge of Sustainable Human Development, Cefas Asensio Flórez (Eduquemos, Nicaragua)
9. Panamá: Towards an Effective Education, Rolando de la Guardia Wald (Florida State University - Panama, USA/Panama and Quality Leadership University, Panama)
10. El Salvador: Resistance and Change, Louis Carlos Morales Zúñiga (University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica)
11. Guatemala, Bienvenido Argueta (Ministry of Education, Guatemala)
Part III: The Latin Caribbean
12. Cuba: Educational Impact of the Cuban Revolution, Rosemary Smith (University of Nottingham, UK)
13. Dominican Republic: Strengthening Public Education, Molly Hamm (Dominican Republic Education and Mentoring Project, Dominican Republic) and Rebeca Martínez (Dominican Republic Education and Mentoring Project, Dominican Republic)
14. Haiti: Escaping from the Failed State, Pierre M. Lubin (Columbia University, USA)
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