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Offers a complete view of the institutions, people, processes, roles, and philosophies in educational practice in the United States and throughout the world. Features biographies of influential educators; profiles of historic colleges and universities and of organizations active in the field; and an appendix of full text source documents, including education related legislation, international treaties, and testing methods.

Combining elements of DataMap, the Encyclopedia of Associations, the Mental Measurements Yearbook, and various guides to education sources, The Educator’s Desk Reference (EDR), like the similarly named Physicians’ Desk Reference, is intended to be a one-stop source of educational information. Its six sections include information sources, an author’s guide, microcomputer software, standardized tests, research processes, and educational organizations. Review in Library Journal by Brian E. Coutts, Western Kentucky Univ. Libs., Bowling Green.

A good basic reference source which succinctly defines key education terms.

This 3-volume country-by-country survey of educational systems provides detailed essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries. This updated and expanded edition gives users up-to-date coverage of reorganized educational systems and high-interest topics such as technological advances.

This 3-volume country-by-country survey of educational systems provides detailed essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries. This updated and expanded edition gives users up-to-date coverage of reorganized educational systems and high-interest topics such as technological advances.

Official site for Australia’s Department of Education.

Covers grading systems, higher education, technical and vocational education, teacher education, and school education.

Official site for China’s Ministry of Education (MOE). The menu on the left has details on: Laws and regulations, planning and statistics, basic education, higher education, vocational education, international cooperation, and a list of Chinese higher education institutions.

Cirius is a Danish agency “supporting internationalization of education and training in Denmark.” This link has a good overview of various aspects of the Danish education system with some nice charts and more detailed information.

Official Ministry of Education fact sheets. Includes: The education system, finances, basic school, youth education, higher education, and more.

Lenghty PDF document from the Ministere Education Nationale giving a good overview of the system and detailing education expenditure, personnel, length of schooling, priority education and more.

The Ministere site itself is only in French, so this may be the best document on French education in English you can find.

This site deals mostly with higher education institutions in France. There is some mention of teacher education and qualifications as well.

Official Indian DOE Annual Report. Menu links to PDF sections on Administration, Policy, Elementary Education and more.

Gives basic overview of Indian Education System. Sections on: Administration and Funding, Primary and Secondary Education, Colleges and Universities, Education and Society,

Source: James Heitzman and Robert L. Worden, editors. India: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1995.

More detailed report of various aspects of the Japanese Education system: Statistics, curriculum, facilities, etc.

Official goverment site on education in Japan. Discusses elementary and secondary education, higher education, lifelong learning policy, and more.

Good brief overview and discussion of the development of Jordan’s education system.

Note on the Source: This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army.

Brief overview of Jordan’s education system from the official government site.

PADDLE facilitates the sharing of best practice and experience amongst the fifteen Pacific countries of the Project. The focus of PADDLE is to provide access to all relevant education policy, planning and development material from the participating countries. Most of these documents have previously been unavailable in digital form.

Discusses Russian education since the fall of the Soviet Union. Seems to have been published in the 1990s, so more current information may be needed to supplement this discussion.

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Gives good brief overview of Russian education system, includes: Structure of education system, admissions to higher education, student life, and international cooperation and exchanges.

This document provides a nice succinct overview of the UK’s primary, secondary, and higher education levels. Also covers assessment, academic year, and a narrative of a typical day in a UK school.

More on the UK education system at this site sponsored by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Gives structure of the education system, public examinations and qualifications, and also some historical background on the UK’s education system.

This is a concise, well-written exposition of constructivism beginning with an explanation of the concept and moving toward practical applications in the classroom. Includes critical perspectives. Be sure to check out the “Expert Interview” section for a video interview with educational theorist Jaqueline Grennon Brooks.