James Tooley: 7 books
Imprisoned in India
Corruption and Extortion in the World’s Largest Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
James Tooley has been described as a 21st-century Indiana Jones, travelling to remote parts of the developing world to track something that many regarded as mythical: private schools serving the poor. It was in the Indian city of Hyderabad that Tooley first discovered these schools, and wrote about...
The Beautiful Tree
A personal journey into how the world's poorest people are educating themselves
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Upon its release several years ago, The Beautiful Tree was instantly embraced and praised by individuals and organizations across the globe. James Tooley's extraordinary ability to braid together personal experience, community action, individual courage, and family devotion, brought readers to the very...
by James Tooley
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2003
Girls and boys are different. So why do our schools insist on treating them as identical? Could this misguided equality have anything to do with the increasing dissatisfaction among women that is revealed in survey after survey? Do gender-blind educational policies in fact work to women's disadvantage?...
Disestablishing the School
De-Bunking Justifications for State Intervention in Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
That governments are, and will always be, involved in education, is taken for granted by the majority of educationalists. Recent market reforms are condemned, because they appear to undermine state intervention in education. But are justifications for state intervention in education philosophically...
by James Tooley, Professor Richard Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
What role should government have in education? This question has exercised philosophers since Plato and economists since Adam Smith. It is also a question that is as relevant today, as people around the world worry about standards in public (government) schools and governments and international agencies...
From Village School to Global Brand
Changing the World through Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Can education be run as a profitable business and still be driven by a humanitarian vision? SABIS® shows the answer is yes. Now with 60 schools in 15 countries and over 60,000 students, SABIS® is a global education company committed to improving lives. The book is a journey through time - tracing...
Education, War and Peace: The Surprising Success of Private Schools in War-Torn Countries
The Surprising Success of Private Schools in War-Torn Countries
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
The authors of Education, War & Peace travelled to Liberia, Sierra Leone and South Sudan to conduct research on education in these conflict-affected countries. They uncovered an inspiring story of entrepreneurs stepping into the breach and providing low-cost private schooling to large numbers...