Lessons in Educational Equality: Successful Approaches to Intractable Problems Around the World

Lessons in Educational Equality details the concrete ways that all children can reap the benefits of a quality education regardless of gender, ethnicity, language, income, or learning difference. It combines global research by leading innovators and unique case studies from three continents to find approaches that work at all levels of education.

Jody Heymann is the Founding Director of the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University. An internationally renowned researcher on public policy and equity, Heymann has authored more than 180 publications, including thirteen books. She has served as an advisor to policymakers around the world. Her work has been featured widely in Business Week, Inc. Magazine, Portfolio.com, Forbes, CNN, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Financial Times, MSNBC, Good Morning America, and Fox News, among other leading national and international media outlets.

Adèle Cassola conducts comparative research at the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University. There, she leads an initiative analyzing the protections established in the constitutions of all UN member states across a number of life contexts in which discrimination can occur, including education, work, health, family, and political and civic participation.