This workbook is an innovative example of an interactive expert system that simulates the relationship between an education policy maker and an informed consultant. A key lesson in this book shows that these issues are affected by several interrelated and complex factors policy makers must consider when implementing changes to their educational systems. All aspects of basic education systems are covered: finance, teachers, assessment, curriculum, material, buildings, and administration.

Noel F. McGinn is a Fellow of the Harvard Institute for International Development and Professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.

Allison M. Borden is a director of bilingual education in Taunton, Massachusetts.

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