ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book approaches the changing landscape within its different 'contexts'. The landscape in 2012 had undergone enormous change. A major milestone in 2012 came when it was formally announced by International Schools Consultancy (ISC) Research that the number of children attending the world's 6,000 International Schools had passed the three million mark. The year 2012 was a very significant one for the International Baccalaureate (IB) for a number of other reasons. Several statistical milestones were reached, such as the IB Americas region announced in March 2012 the authorization of its two-thousandth 'IB World School'. The landscape of International Schooling has obviously changed dramatically over the past decade in terms of scale, but also in terms of nature and in ways largely unreported and under-discussed. Alongside the change in demographics, the ownership of International Schools has also fundamentally changed.
