Published in the year 2005, World Yearbook of Education is a valuable contribution to the field of Major Works.

Part 1 Urban educational issues: international perspectives; Chapter 1 Theoretical approaches to urban education: an international perspective, DavidCoulby, CrispinJones; Chapter 2 Urban social theory and education, LeslieBash; Part 2 Urban educational issues: national perspectives; Chapter 3 Urban education in China, ZhangLi, MengQingfen; Chapter 4 Urban education in England and Wales, GeoffWhitty; Chapter 5 Urban education in the Indian economy, Tapas Majumdar; Chapter 6 Urban education in Kenya, Kevin MLillis; Chapter 7 Urban educational issues in The Netherlands, TheoVeld; Chapter 8 Urbanization and education in the nation city state of Singapore, ElwynThomas; Chapter 9 Urban education in the United States of America; Chapter 10 Urbanization and education: the USSR perspective, Nikolai DNikandrov, Mikhail LLevitski; Part 3 Urban educational issues: city perspectives; Chapter 11 Urban Education in Beijing: an international perspective, DongJianhong, ChengTiying; Chapter 12 Dogma, equality and excellence: education in London, CrispinJones; Chapter 13 A social geography of educational outcomes in Melbourne, Richard Teese; Chapter 14 Urbanization and education in Nairobi, Kevin MLillis; Chapter 15 Urban decline and educational opportunities in secondary schools of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1950-79, William BThomas, Kevin JMoran; Chapter 16 Rotterdam: combatting educational disadvantage, TonPeters; Chapter 17 Soweto: urban educational issues, MirandaBell; Chapter 18 Tokyo: urbanization and education, HiroshiKimura, HaruoSato, AsahiroArai; Chapter 19 Cities, diversity and education, CrispinJones; Chapter 20 Urban civic culture and education, DavidCoulby; Biographical notes on contributors; Selected bibliography; Index;