Really good schools : global lessons for high-caliber, low-cost education /
"Almost overnight a virus has brought into question America's nearly 200-year-old government-run K-12 school-system-and prompted an urgent search for alternatives. But where should we turn to find them? Enter James Tooley's Really Good Schools. A distinguished scholar of education and...
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Oakland, California :
Independent Institute,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Figures and Tables
- Introduction
- Part I: A Global Revolution
- 1. Ubiquity and Affordability
- 2. Quality and Value for Money
- 3. Equity and Choice
- 4. Sustainability and the Rise of Educational Entrepreneurs
- 5. Education and Domination
- Part II: Reclaiming the Framework of Education
- 6. Great Expectations
- 7. The Unbearable Burden of Learning
- 8. Five Problems in Search of a Solution
- 9. A Thought Experiment in Educational Freedom
- 10. A New Measure of Education
- Part III: Off to America
- 11. Some Problems with American Education
- 12. The Theory and Practice of School Vouchers
- 13. Why Milton Friedman Changed His Mind
- 14. Two Types of School Choice
- 15. Education as Spontaneous Order
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author