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This book contains a collection of papers from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development's Schooling for Tomorrow project. The first part contains papers on networks and governance in schooling as follows: "Networking in Society, Organisations and Education" (Hans F. van Aalst); "Schooling for Tomorrow: Networks of Learning" (Judith Chapman); "Networking for Educational Innovation: A Comparative Analysis" (Anne Silwka); and "Governance, Management and Leadership" (Ron Glatter, Bill Mulford, and Dale Shuttleworth). The second part contains the following papers on specific cases: "Strategies to Promote Good Practices and Innovation in Schools: The Portuguese Case" (Maria de Ceu Roldao); "Public Management Reform and the Regulation of Education Systems: The Hungarian Case" (Gabor Halasz); "Deliverable Goals and Strategic Challenges: A View from England on Reconceptualizing Public Education" (Michael Barber); and "Schools and Governance in the Netherlands: Recent Change and Forward-Looking Policy Thinking" (The Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science). The third part of the book contains articles highlighting the main conclusions to emerge from a series of conferences held in 2000 and 2001; they are as follows: "Schooling for Tomorrow: Principles and Directions for Policy" (Ylva Johansson); "Understanding Networks for Innovation in Policy and Practice" (David Hopkins); and "The Management of Learning, Schools and Systems" (Donald Hirsch). (WFA)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert