Description: This book calls for a new global approach to education to enrich and enhance the lives of children everywhere. Contributors emphasize the centrality of education to social and environmental justice, as well as the philosophical foundations of education. The book features a foreword by Pope Francis.
Review Quotes: In this timely, engaging, and compelling book, the authors describe how education can be reformed so that students in nations around the world can attain the knowledge, skills, and values needed to function effectively in a highly technological, diverse, complex, and changing world. Once again, editors Marcelo and Carola Suárez-Orozco have assembled a group of eminent scholars who enrich this book with original and trenchant insights. This innovative and informative book deserves a wide and influential audience.--James A. Banks, Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle