Editors' introduction : multi-layered equitable inclusive systems : the emergence and expansion of a global framework to eliminate socioeconomic and sociocultural exclusion in education -- Framing and practicing equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization (EDID) in inclusive education systems : progress, tensions, and ways forward / Guofang Li & Lilach Marom -- Uncovering the axis of tension between diametric oppositional space of othering and connective concentric space of inclusion : moving beyond Western ethnocentric space / Paul Downes -- Towards a border transgressing pedagogy : disrupting oppressive ecologies of control, surveillance, and displacement in schools and beyond / Ankhi G. Thakurta, Claire Wan & Gerald Campano -- When inclusion means exclusion and the terms of belonging are obfuscated : what's the role of race? / Mariana Souto-Manning -- Dynamics of inequalities in higher education : a multidimensional and comparative social justice perspective / Pepka Boyadjieva & Petya Ilieva-Trichkova -- The effectiveness of equity funding of schools: a comparative analysis of Flanders, the Netherlands, France, Ireland and England / Ides Nicaise, Lief Vandevoort & Sukriti Verelst -- The elusive quest for equity and the need for remedies beyond improved schooling / Paul Reville -- The costs of failing to be inclusive : an analysis based on education in Australia / Stephen Lamb and Shuyan Huo -- Inclusive educational systems around the globe : evidence from international comparative largescale student assessments / Eva Klemenčič Mirazchiyski, Simona Bezjak and Plamen Vladkov Mirazchiyski -- Funding and equity in education : the role of system structures / Eemer Eivers -- Equity and inclusivity in school funding : case study of an Australian state / Andrew Wade -- School as the agency of social reproduction : a case of medium of instruction policymaking for quasi-privatization in Nepal / Pramod K. Sah & Guofang Li -- A structural scrutiny of school exclusion in Sweden and Lithuania : an interdisciplinary rights-based analysis / Laima Vaige & Paul Downes -- Understanding gender gaps in education : the role of stereotypes and the intersection with social class / Mieke Van Houtte