About the Author

James Tooley is Professor of Education Policy at Newcastle University, UK, and founder and director of the E.G. West Centre, which explores the role of markets in education. He is the author of The Beautiful Tree, a bestseller in India and winner of the 2010 Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Prize, based on his ground-breaking research on private education for the poor in India, China and Africa.

Reviews

"Tooley radically challenges any complacency we may have about education in the 21st century." Sir Bob Salisbury; "Tooley is an extremist: some of his ideas are outrageous!" Professor Geoffrey Walford, University of Oxford; "This is truly a radical book. It should be read by everyone who thinks deeply about education." Sir Christopher Ball"