William K. Cummings is Professor and Director, Comparative and Global Studies in Education, State University of New York, Buffalo. Philip G. Altbach is Professor and Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College. He has edited several books, including Emergent Issues in Education: Comparative Perspectives (with Robert F. Arnove and Gail P. Kelly) and The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education (with Kofi Lomotey), and has authored The Knowledge Context: Comparative Perspectives on the Distribution of Knowledge, all published by SUNY Press.

• List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgments INTRODUCTIONWilliam K. Cummings and Philip G. Altbach I. Basic Education 1. THE ROOTS OF JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: HELPING CHILDREN DEVELOP BONDS TO SCHOOLCatherine C. Lewis 2. THE EAST ASIAN VERSION OF WHOLE-CLASS TEACHINGHarold W. Stevenson and Shinying Lee 3. LOOKING IN THE CHINESE MIRROR: REFLECTING ON MORAL-POLITICAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATESGay Garland Reed 4. CHINESE TEACHERS AS MIRRORS OF REFORM POSSIBILITIESLynn Paine II. Secondary Education 5. RESTRUCTURING JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOLS: REFORMS FOR DIVERSITYNobuo K. Shimahara 6. DISRUPTION AND RECONNECTION: COUNSELING YOUNG ADOLESCENTS IN JAPANESE SCHOOLSGerald K. LeTendre 7. HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION AND SCHOOL EXPANSION IN ASIA: DOES A UNIQUE REGIONAL MODEL EXIST?David P. Baker and Donald B. Holsinger III. The Private Sector 8. PRIVATE EDUCATION IN EASTERN ASIAWilliam K. Cummings 9. LESSONS FROM JAPANESE CRAM SCHOOLSNancy Ukai Russell IV Linking Education to Society 10. EDUCATION AND WORK IN JAPAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICYSam Stern 11. EDUCATION POLICIES IN TAIWAN (CHINA) AND HONG KONGKin Bing Wu 12. IMPROVING SCHOOL-COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN THAILANDChristopher W. Wheeler, James Gallagher, Maureen McDonough, and Benjalug Sookpokakit-Namfa V. The Relevance of Asian Education 13. DIFFERENCES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE: EXPLAINING JAPAN'S SUCCESSThomas P. Rohlen 14. EDUCATION AND STATE DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FOR THE UNITED STATES?S. Gopinathan 15. THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINANina Y. Borevskaya 16. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: THE J-MODELWilliam K. Cummings Notes References Contributors Index

"There's nothing quite like this book. The organization of the topics is a plus, distinguishing between basic and secondary and not ignoring the private sector. The selection of authors is first-rate with a good mix of Asian and American experts. The introductory article by Lewis is a classic and sets the tone well—children bonding with the concept of school—and moving on to reforms, some economic analysis, and concluding with the nonformal sector of juku in Japan." — John N. Hawkins, UCLA Graduate School of Education, Comparative Education Dean, UCLA International Studies and Overseas Programs