I am now accustomed to the fact that British journalists resort to extensive confirmation bias when arguing that free schools … Continue reading “Game, set and match: new evidence from the Swedish voucher reform”

In a recent column in the Guardian, Kevin Courtney lambasts the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, for ‘fly[ing] a … Continue reading “Opponents of school choice are misinterpreting the data”

In the debate over proposed market reforms in the NHS, opinions are plentiful but few commentators back up their opinions … Continue reading “Does competition in the NHS work?”

Yesterday, in a panel discussion at Policy Exchange – coinciding with their release of a report advocating ‘social enterprise’ schools, … Continue reading “The case for bona fide profit-making schools”

Yesterday, dealing a blow to the progress of the coalition’s free school programme, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg pledged that … Continue reading “You say you want a revolution?”

This is a response to Mr Francis Gilbert at the Local Schools Network who has questioned my research on Swedish for-profit schools … Continue reading “For-profit schools in Sweden: a response to criticisms”

Should for-profit free schools be banned? The UK debate regarding this issue has so far provided heated rhetoric, but little … Continue reading “For-profit free schools: the evidence from Sweden”

This IEA Discussion Paper looks at the role of for-profit schools in Sweden and for the first time provides quantitative … Continue reading “Schooling for Money: Swedish Education Reform and the Role of the Profit Motive (web publication)”