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1. Promoting Equity And Excellence In Education: An Overview / Piet Van Avermaet, Mieke Van Houtte, And Kris Van Den Branden -- 2. Measuring Excellence And Equity In Education: Conceptual And Methodological Issues / Marie Duru-bellat And Alain Mingat -- 3. School Competition, Institutional Differentiation, And The Quality And Equity Of Education Systems: Evidence From Pisa 2006 / Karin Zimmer, Miyako Ikeda, And Elke Ludemann -- 4. So Where's The Teacher In School Effects Research?: The Impact Of Teachers' Beliefs, Culture, And Behavior On Equity And Excellence In Education / Mieke Van Houtte -- 5. A Feminist Analysis Of Gender And Educational Achievement / Becky Francis And Christine Skelton -- 6. Teachers' Adaptations To Ethnic Minority Students In Belgium And England / Peter Stevens -- 7. Early Childhood Education And Care: Equity And Excellence In The Foundational Stage / Michel Vandenbroeck -- 8. Bilingualism For Equity And Excellence In Minority Education: The United States / Ofelia Garcia And Joanne Kleifgen -- 9. Finnish Basic Education: When Equity And Excellence Meet / Pirjo Linnaklya, Jouni Valijarvi, And Inga Arffman -- 10. Literacy For All / Koen Jaspaert And Kris Van Den Branden -- 11. Caring Mothers And Teachers, Not Acting White, And Religiosity: What Are The Success Factors Of High-achieving Diasporicans And Moroccan Students In Belgium? / Rene Antrop-gonzalez. [et Al.] -- 12. Full Service And Extended Schools: The Path To Equity? / Alan Dyson. Edited By Kris Van Den Branden, Piet Van Avermaet, And Mieke Van Houtte.