Alexander W. Wiseman is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy in the College of Education at Texas Tech University, USA. Dr. Wiseman holds a dual-degree Ph.D. in Comparative & International Education and Educational Theory & Policy from Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Wiseman conducts internationally comparative educational and policy research and is the author of many research-to-practice articles and books. He serves as Senior Editor of the online journal, FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, and as Series Editor of International Perspectives on Education and Society.

• Introduction. The Osmosis of Comparative and International Education: What, How, and Why CIE Research Appears in Non-CIE Journals; Petrina M. Davidson, Maureen Park, Nino Dzotsenidze, Obioma Okogbue and Alexander W. Wiseman PART 1: COMPARATIVE EDUCATION TRENDS AND DIRECTIONS Chapter 1. One Indicator to Rule Them All: How SDG 4.1.1 Dominates the Conversation and What It Means for the Most Marginalized; William C. Smith Chapter 2. Comparative and International Inclusive Education: Trends, Dilemmas, and Future Directions; Matthew J. Schuelka and Kate Lapham Chapter 3. The 'R-word' Today: An Expanded Understanding of Religion in Secular and Religious Formal and Non-Formal Educational Spaces; Bruce Collet and W. Y. Alice Chan Chapter 4. Teacher Education and the Ghost of the Nation State: How Comparative and International Education Matters for Teacher Development; Susan Wiksten Chapter 5. Widening the Lens: Going Global in Mathematics Education Research; Linda Platas and Yasmin Sitabkhan Chapter 6. Comparative and International Education: A Field Fraught with Contradictions; Maren Elfert and Chrissie Monaghan Chapter 7. Research and Practice in Comparative and International Higher Education; Meggan Madden and Gerardo L. Blanco Chapter 8. International Education Assistance in the Kyrgyz Republic: Partnership and the Role of Expertise in International Education Interventions; Alanna Shaikh Chapter 9. Advancing the Teaching of Comparative and International Education; Matthew A. M. Thomas and Jacqueline Mosselson PART 2: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS Chapter 10. What is Comparative Education?; David A. Turner PART 3: RESEARCH-TO-PRACTICE Chapter 11. Transformation of the Public School in Latin America: Summary of Findings following Educando by Worldfund Educational Interventions; Cristina Salazar Gallardo and Consuelo Murillo Chapter 12. ICT4D, Policy Landscapes, and Practice Arenas: A Review of and Reflection on ICT Actors and Applications in African Higher Education; Ane Turner Johnson PART 4: AREA STUDIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS Chapter 13. Is Engineering Harder to Crack than Science? A Cross-national Analysis of Women's Participation in Male Dominated Fields of Study in Higher Education; Naejin Kwak and Francisco O. Ramirez Chapter 14. The Teacher Supply in Latin America: A Review of Research; Paula Razquin Chapter 15. Play and/or Learning? Comparative Analysis of Dominant Concepts in National Curriculum Guidelines for Early Childhood Education in Norway, Finland, China and Hong Kong; Aihua Hu and Elin Eriksen Ødegaard Chapter 16. Education in Sub-Saharan Africa; C. C. Wolhuter Chapter 17. A Review of the Main Trends in the Reforms of School Structures in Europe; Nikolay Popov Chapter 18. Internationalization and Academic Mobility: Trends and Prospects in Georgian Higher Education; Lela Iosava PART 5: DIVERSIFICATION OF THE FIELD Chapter 19. Mapping Changes in Legislation and Implementation for Special Needs Education in India; Meenakshi Srivastava Chapter 20. "That Would Never Work Here": Overcoming 'Context Paralysis' on Behalf of Gender and Sexual Minorities Worldwide; Emily S. Meadows

Looking at the past year in comparative and international education research, education scholars cover trends and directions, conceptual and methodological developments, research-to-practice, area studies and regional developments, and diversification of the field. Specific topics include teacher education and the ghost of the nation state: how comparative and international education matters for teacher development, research and practice in comparative and international higher education, transformation of the public school in Latin America: summary of the findings following Educando by Worldfund Educational Interventions, education in sub-Saharan Africa, and mapping changes in legislation and implementation for special needs education in India.