Chapter 1. Introduction the Handbook (second edition): Comparative sociological perspectives on racial and ethnic inequalities in education; Peter A.J. Stevens and A. Gary Dworkin.- Chapter 2. Argentina: Researching ethnic and educational inequalities in changing policy scenarios: from homogenization to the recognition of diversity; Analía Inés Meo, Silvina Cimolai and Lara Encinas.- Chapter 3. Australia: A multicultural education experiment; Lawrence J. Saha.- Chapter 4. Austria: Equity research between family background, educational systems and language policies; Barbara Herzog-Punzenberger and Philipp Schnell.- Chapter 5. Belgium: Cultural versus class explanations for ethnic inequalities in education in the Flemish and French communities; Lore Van Praag, Marie Verhoeven, Peter A.J Stevens and Mieke Van Houtte.- Chapter 6. Brazil: An overview of research on race, ethnicity and ethnic inequalities in education; Luiz Alberto Oliveira Gonçalves, Natalino Neves da Silva and Nigel Brooke.- Chapter 7. Canada: A review of research on race, ethnicity and inequality in education from 1980 to 2017; Katherine Lyon and Neil Guppy.- Chapter 8. China: Sociological perspectives on ethnicity and education in China: Views from Chinese and English literatures; Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng, Emily Hannum, Chunping Lu, Peggy Kong and Xiaoran Yu.- Chapter 9. Cyprus: Educational inequalities in a divided country; Spyros Spyrou and Marios Vryonides.- Chapter 10. The Czech Republic: From ethnic discrimination to social inclusion in the education system; Laura Fónadová, Tomás Katrnák and Natalie Simonová.- Chapter 11. England: Critical perspectives on the role of schools in developing race/ethnic inequalities; Peter A.J Stevens, Ada Mau and Gill Crozier.- Chapter 12. Finland: A learning society with limited understanding of ethnicity in the everyday life at school; Päivi Harinen and M'hammed Sabour.- Chapter 13. France: The increasing recognition of migration and ethnicity as a source ofeducational inequalities; Mathieu Ichou and Agnès van Zanten.- Chapter 14. Germany: Systemic, sociocultural and linguistic perspectives on educational inequality; Ingrid Gogolin, Sarah McMonagle and Tanja Salem.- Chapter 15. Ireland: A shift towards religious equality in schools; Daniel Faas and Rachael Fionda.- Chapter 16. Israel: Gaps in educational outcomes in a changing multi-ethnic society; Nura Resh and Nachum Blass.- Chapter 17. Italy: Four emerging traditions in immigrant education studies; Davide Azzolini, Debora Mantovani and Mariagrazia Santagati.- Chapter 18. Japan: The localization approach and an emerging trend toward the study of poverty within ethnicity and inequality; Kaori H. Okano.- Chapter 19. The Netherlands: From diversity celebration to a colorblind approach; Peter A.J. Stevens, Maurice J. Crul, Marieke W. Slootman, Noel Clycq and Christiane Timmerman.- Chapter 20. Norway: Ethnic (in)equality) in a social-democratic welfare state; Liza Reisel, Are Skeie Hermansen and Marianne Takvam Kindt.- Chapter 21. Russia: Ethnic differentiation in education in a context of debates on cultural diversity, autonomy, cultural homogeneity and centralization; Leokadia Drobizheva, David Konstantinovskiy, Laisan Mukharyamova and Nail Mukharymov.- Chapter 22. The Republic of South Africa: An enduring tale of two unequal systems; Shaheeda Essack and Duncan B. Hindle.- Chapter 23. Sweden: The otherization of the descendants of immigrants; Alireza Behtou, Fredrik Hertzberg, Rickard Jonsson, René León-Rosales and Anders Neergaard.- Chapter 24. Taiwan: An Immigrant Society with expanding educational opportunities; Chun-wen Lin, Ying-jie Jheng, Shan-hua Chen and Jason Chien-chen Chang.- Chapter 25. Turkey: Silencing ethnic inequalities under a carpet of nationalism shifting between secular and religious poles; Gülseli Baysu and Orhan Agirdag.- Chapter 26. The United States of America: Accountability, high-stakes testing, and the demography of educational inequality; A. Gary Dworkin and Pamela Anne Quiroz.- Chapter 27. Cross-nationally comparative research on racial and ethnic skill disparities: questions, findings and pitfalls; Alexander Dicks, Jaap Dronkers and Mark Levels.- Chapter 28. Social Cohesion, Trust, Accountability and Education; A. Gary Dworkin.- Chapter 29. Conclusions: Researching race and ethnic inequalities in education: Key findings and future directions; Peter A.J. Stevens and A. Gary Dworkin.