Editor's Introduction (full text)

HANS G. LINGENS

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Thirty Years of War

REINHARD KAHL

7

One Law for All Schools

PISA and Its Implications for the German School System

GERHARD SCHRÖDER

13

National Education Standards as Part of a Comprehensive Quality Management System for Schools

EDELGARD BULMAHN

21

What Now? Starting Coordinated Quality Initiatives

HANS-GÜNTHER ROLFF

26

If No Reform Then at Least No Rollback

The Empirical Facts of Tremendous Injustices and the Squandering of Talent in the German Education System Are Crushing

KLAUSS KLEMM

34

Trends in Education and School Development:

Germany and Europe

HANS DÖBERT

44

Reactions of the Participating Countries as Reflected in

Their Press: A Comparison

GERLIND SCHMIDT

58

On the Question of Cultural Context as a Factor in International Academic Achievement: Comparative Education Research Studies

BOTHO VON KOPP

70

Author Index to European Education

Volume 35 (Spring 2003—Winter 2003-4)

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