In yet another setback to the implementation of the British Conservatives party’s free school policy, the leader of their Liberal … Continue reading “Private school model ‘improves equity’”

Michael Gove has hesitantly accepted the inclusion of for-profit schools in the coalitions’ proposed school-choice reforms – a quasi-voucher scheme … Continue reading “For-profit education is good for the poor”

It is easy to be pessimistic about Britain’s future economic prospects. The Lib-Con coalition agreement contains policies which are troubling. Indeed, there is … Continue reading “People want big health and big education, not big government”

Michael Gove’s free schools programme has been heralded as the cutting edge of the coalition’s structural reform programme. Removing the … Continue reading “Why education should be for profit”

Proposals to adopt Swedish-style education reforms, put forward by the Conservative Party and others, have recently come under fire from research … Continue reading “Going for “Sweden Plus” in education”

The Conservatives’ plans for “free schools” are, arguably, their flagship policy. It is vital that there is no compromise when … Continue reading “The Conservatives must give Swedish-style “free schools” a lot more freedom”

A British company has devised a scheme of one-to-one maths tuition in which teachers in India are connected to pupils … Continue reading “Outsourcing tuition to India will benefit pupils and could promote free-market reform of the education system”

Michael Gove has hesitantly accepted the inclusion of for-profit schools in the coalitions’ proposed school-choice reforms – a quasi-voucher scheme … Continue reading “For-profit education is good for the poor”

It is easy to be pessimistic about Britain’s future economic prospects. The Lib-Con coalition agreement contains policies which are troubling. Indeed, there is … Continue reading “People want big health and big education, not big government”