African teachers should shift away from the present preoccupation with Western education in favor of an emphasis on current African socioeconomic and cultural issues. (Author/DE)

Emiliana Vegas surveys strategies used by the world's developing countries to fill their classrooms with qualified teachers. With their low quality of education and wide gaps in student outcomes, schools in developing countries strongly resemble hard-to-staff urban U.S. schools. Their experience with reform may thus provide insights for U.S.…

Reviews research on curriculum development in developing nations (particularly Thailand, Latin America, Israel, Jamaica, and Papua New Guinea), including input output studies, teacher effectiveness studies, and studies of school and classroom organization. Concludes that effective and innovative practices promote teacher involvement in curriculum…