Introduction, Sheena Erskine and Maggie Wilson * Evaluating National Policies on Gender Issues, Margaret B. Sutherland * Gender Equality in Scottish Schools: The Rhetoric of Policy and the Reality of Practice, Eileen Turner, Sally Brown and Sheila Riddell * Equal Opportunity Initiatives: England, Wales and the Netherlands Compared, Maggie Wilson and Hetty Dekkers * Australian Boys at Risk? The New Vocational Agendas in Schooling, Jane Kenway, Peter Watkins and Karen Tregenza * Waiting for the U.S. Government: The Implementation of Educational Legislation on Gender Issues, Nelly P. Stromquist * Doing Gender in Canadian Schools: An Overview of the Policy and Practice Melange, Rebecca Priegert Coulter * Barriers to Educational Opportunity in Malawi, Karin Hyde * Education and Gender Equality in Asia, Swarna Jayaweera