This book build on Vavrus and Bartlett's existing, field-defining work in the comparative case study approach (CCS). CCS provides a guide for scholars to balance conflicting expectations and requirements from case study data.

Frances Vavrus is Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development at the University of Minnesota.

Lesley Bartlett is Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Introduction: Case Studies with a Comparative Sensibility 1. Making Discipline Reform: A Comparative Case Study of School Policymaking 2. Meeting the Needs of Refugee Learners: A Comparative Case Study of Lebanese and Syrian Teachers' Approaches to Educating Refugee Students in Lebanon 3. Language Policy and Early Grade Instruction in Nigeria: A Comparative Case Study of Policy Awareness and Implementation 4. The Promise of the Comparative Case Study Approach in Understanding Educational Program Design and Change: Peace Studies Programs in Kenyan Universities 5. Comparison as Analysis, Interview Technique, and Relational Ethic: Findings and Reflections from a Study on the International Baccalaureate in Ecuador 6. The Promise of the Comparative Case Study Approach in Understanding Educational Program Design and Change: Peace Studies Programs in Kenyan Universities 7. Beyond Permanence and Change: Tracing the Transversal Axis of Community Development 8. The Evolving Discourses of Suzhi and Suzhi Education: A CCS Approach to the Study of Rural and Migrant Children in China 9. Ensuring Quality in Pre-Primary Education: A Comparative Case Study of Tanzanian Stakeholder Perspectives 10. Visualizing Research: Reflections from a Comparative Case Study of English Language Teacher Professionalism in Rwanda 11. Negotiating the Purposes of Early Childhood Education and Care