Archive for James Tooley
Backing the Wrong Horse: How Private Schools Are Good for the Poor
James Tooley is professor of education policy at the University of Newcastle, director of the E. G.West Centre, and coauthor of “Private Education Is Good for the Poor: A Study of Private Schools Serving the Poor in Low-Income Countries” (Cato Institute). Last fall the High-Level Plenary Meeting of the UN General Assembly brought together more [...]
1May2006 | James Tooley | 8 comments | Continued-
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