Embrace private sector education in post-conflict states to improve standards

Professor James Tooley tells of his personal journey through the world of private education in the developed world

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Functional illiteracy, youth delinquency and lack of technical innovation all point to the failures of state schooling, raising the question of why government should be involved in education at all. In this radical study Dr. James Tooley provides a damning critique of the justifications for state schooling and proposes practical policies to increase market provision of education.