Although teachers’ pay has slipped back in recent years, it is still a secure job carrying a goodish pension. So … Continue reading “State schools have failed us during the pandemic, and beyond – privatise the lot of them”

The Institute of Economic Affairs has a long history of investigating the issue of school choice, and hence of the … Continue reading “School choice: top-down government reforms or bottom-up markets?”

Since the UK’s first low-cost private primary school of its kind was opened this term by James Tooley, it seems … Continue reading “Low-cost private schools are transforming education around the world. We should let them do the same in Britain”

Recently, critics of low-cost private schooling in developing countries – and there are many – had a field day. A … Continue reading “School choice has worked in India. But we need to compare like with like”

Malala Yousafzai, the girl the Taliban tried to murder, is the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. … Continue reading “Malala attended a low-cost private school – as do thousands of the world’s poorest children”

James Tooley’s recent book The Beautiful Tree is the best single book on public policy to be published since Charles … Continue reading “James Tooley’s “The Beautiful Tree” wins the 2010 Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Award”

We all know the tune. Private schools are a hotbed of elitism, pillars of a neo-feudal class system where people’s … Continue reading “Don’t blame private schools, learn from them”

James Tooley’s recent book The Beautiful Tree is the best single book on public policy to be published since Charles … Continue reading “James Tooley’s “The Beautiful Tree” wins the 2010 Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Award”

We all know the tune. Private schools are a hotbed of elitism, pillars of a neo-feudal class system where people’s … Continue reading “Don’t blame private schools, learn from them”