Market reform, financial decentralization, and economic globalization have accentuated China's social and regional inequalities. But some argue that state policies have not sufficiently addressed inequitable practices. This work examines the argument through analysis of selected aspects of educational stratification in China during the reform era.

Part I Inequalities and Development Discourse; Chapter 1 Schooling and Inequality in China, Gerard A. Postiglione; Chapter 2 Challenging the Gendered Dimensions of Schooling, Heidi Ross; Part II Rural Northwest; Chapter 3 Poverty, Health, and Schooling in Rural China, Shengchao Yu, Emily Hannum; Chapter 4 Tibetan Girls' Education, Vilma Seeberg; Part III Rural Southwest; Chapter 5 Rural Classroom Teaching and Nonfarm Jobs in Yunnan, Jin Xiao; Chapter 6 Education in Rural Tibet, Gerard A. Postiglione, Ben Jiao, Sonam Gyatso; Part IV Urban Divisions: Migrants and the Middle Class; Chapter 7 The Integration of Migrant Children in Beijing Schools, Julia Kwong; Chapter 8 Educational Stratification and the New Middle Class, Jing Lin;