Volume 3

Freedom, autonomy and accountability are commonly regarded as very important, but policy-makers do not always pay sufficient attention to the tensions among them. Thus freedom or school autonomy may be sacrificed to accountability, or accountability may be weakened in an effort to provide a wider range of choices for parents, or to give more decision-making authority to individual schools. The authors are convinced that wise design and implementation can produce a successful balance among freedom, autonomy, and accountability, and that considering the approaches adopted by different educational systems can contribute both to design and to implementation. This four volume collection presents a worldwide overview of the status of freedom, autonomy, and accountability in education, with detailed information on forty countries. This publication is a useful reference manual for students, government officials, educational lawyers and policy-makers. Volume 3included chapters on national education systems, describing the laws and policies under which both public and non-public schools operate in each. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Charles Glenn and Jan De Groof Albania Nikoleta Mita and Juliana Latifi Argentina Hugo Chavez, Rodrigo Agrelo and Cara Stillings Candal Australia Brian Caldwell Belarus Iryna Ulasiuk Brazil Nina Ranieri Canada Derek J. Allison and Deani A. Neven Van Pelt Chile Francisco J. Leturia I. and Francisca Vallejo Colombia Jorge Alberto Mahecha Rodríguez and Luis Enrique García De Brigard Cuba Daniele Vidoni El Salvador Daniele Vidoni Iceland Margrét Hardardóttir Israel Moshe Cohen-Eliya and Amos Zehavi Jordan Mahasen M. Aljaghoub Mexico Rosa Elena Terán Morales and Jorge Alberto Mahecha Rodríguez New Zealand Carol Mutch Philippines Vivian Talisayon and others Qatar Louay Constant, Charles A. Goldman and Gail L. Zellman South Africa Rika Joubert and Willem van Vollenhoven with Johan Beckmann and Justus Prinsloo United States Charles Glenn and Charles Russo Autonomy and Accountability in the New Era of American Education Cara Stillings Candal A Snapshot of School Choice in the United States Paul DiPerna Uruguay Pablo Landoni