@inbook{10.7249/mg548qatar.10, ISBN = {9780833040077}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/mg548qatar.10}, abstract = {The leadership of the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar is similar to the leadership of many other countries in viewing education as the key to future economic, political, and social progress. Many have concluded that a country’s ability to compete in the global economy and enable its citizens to take full advantage of technological advances relies on upgrading the quality of the schooling provided and ensuring that what is taught is aligned with national priorities and international developments.In Summer 2001, the State of Qatar’s leadership asked the RAND Corporation to examine the K–12 (kindergarten through grade 12) school}, bookauthor = {Dominic J. Brewer and Catherine H. Augustine and Gail L. Zellman and Gery Ryan and Charles A. Goldman and Cathleen Stasz and Louay Constant}, booktitle = {Education for a New Era: Design and Implementation of K–12 Education Reform in Qatar}, edition = {1}, pages = {1--6}, publisher = {RAND Corporation}, title = {Introduction}, year = {2007} }