Global Issues in Education bridges the discourse on globalization and education with international studies on race class gender ethnicity culture and multiculturalism. The contributors to this volume address educational challenges of postcolonial Ghana the United Arab Emirates the Caribbean China and Germany juxtaposed against Western education in the United Kingdom and the United States. They synthesize macrosociology with educational research which provides readers with the background core knowledge and global focus that is needed to understand international issues as well as deal with diversity in the classroom. Global Issues in Education also addresses the need for additional research that makes the connections between the geopolitical economy and education and it does this with a focus on the link to culture ethnicity and education.