James Tooley in the green Room
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A personal journey into how the world's poorest people are educating themselves
About James Tooley
James Tooley is a professor of education policy at Newcastle university, where he directs the E. G. West Centre. For his ground-breaking research on private education for the poor in India, China and Africa, Professor Tooley was awarded gold prize in the first International Finance Corporation/Financial Times Private Sector Development Competition...
About Beautiful Tree
Private education might be considered a privilege for the wealthy, but in India it is often considered necessary in the face of an inconsistent public education system.
In the first of a series of excerpts from James Tooley's "The Beautiful Tree" the author explores education as a means of economic development on the eve of India's...