1. Editorial

   • Juan Carlos Tedesco

   EditorialNotes Pages: 489 - 489

2. Education for democracy

   • Victoria Camps

   Viewpoints/Controversies Pages: 493 - 499

3. Economic growth and the international trade in educational reform

   • Stephen P. Heyneman

   Viewpoints/Controversies Pages: 501 - 530

4. Educational change from the perspective of decision makers

   • Juan Carlos Tedesco

   Open File Educational Reform: The Decision Maker’s Approach Pages: 533 - 540

5. Switzerland: In a changing world, schools, too, are gradually changing

   • Martine Brunschwig Graf

   Open File Educational Reform: The Decision Maker’s Approach Pages: 541 - 547

6. Spain: The decision-making process in educational reform

   • Álvaro Marchesi

   Open File Educational Reform: The Decision Maker’s Approach Pages: 549 - 558

7. Finland: Restructuring higher education

   • Olli-Pekka Heinonen

   Open File Educational Reform: The Decision Maker’s Approach Pages: 559 - 569

8. Hungary: Priorities—partners—implementation

   • Benedek András

   Open File Educational Reform: The Decision Maker’s Approach Pages: 571 - 576

9. The Russian federation: The humanization of education

   • Vladimir Dmitrievich Shadrikov

   Open File Educational Reform: The Decision Maker’s Approach Pages: 577 - 585

10. Argentina: Priorities in the education sector and how they are identified

    • Susana Beatriz Decibe

    Open File Educational Reform: The Decision Maker’s Approach Pages: 587 - 594

11. Chile: Generating social consensus for a long-term reform of education

    • Ernesto Schiefelbein

    Open File Educational Reform: The Decision Maker’s Approach Pages: 595 - 607

12. Senegal: Defining and implementing priorities in the education sector

    • Mamadou Ndoye

    Open File Educational Reform: The Decision Maker’s Approach Pages: 609 - 617

13. Mozambique: Some considerations on educational research, policy formulation and decision making

    • Zeferino Martins

    Open File Educational Reform: The Decision Maker’s Approach Pages: 619 - 626

14. Jordan: The dynamics of educational decision making

    • Munther W. Masri

    Open File Educational Reform: The Decision Maker’s Approach Pages: 627 - 635

15. Egypt: A strategy for educational reform

    • Ahmed Fathy Sorour

    Open File Educational Reform: The Decision Maker’s Approach Pages: 637 - 644

16. Asia: The impact of educational research on decision making

    • Victor Ordoñez
    • Rupert Maclean

    Open File Educational Reform: The Decision Maker’s Approach Pages: 645 - 654