Professor James Tooley and School Choice This link contains Professor Tooley's musings on school choice and the media's reluctance to address it in the case of Malala Yousafzai--the young lady shot by the Taliban in Pakistan. Professor Tooley has written two very interesting books I am familiar with: The Beautiful Tree and From Village School to Global Brand: Changing the World Through Education. Click here for a link to Professor Tooley discussing The Beautiful Tree.
Center on International Education Benchmarking This link contains many links to interesting articles on education. I would like to draw your attention to the very last article on the page which contains a link to a report on the Global Teacher Status Index by the Varkey GEMS Foundation. Surprisingly, this study had Finland ranked behind the USA in regard to respect for the profession which is surprising given Finland's superior performance on the Program for International Student Assessment administered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Flight Not an Option in Public School Wars This article by Neal McCluskey gets to the heart of the problem: BIG $$$$$ and jobs at stake!
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