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For-profit education is good for the poor
Kristian Niemietz
7 June 2010
3 comments

Michael Gove has hesitantly accepted the inclusion of for-profit schools in the coalitions’ proposed school-choice reforms – a quasi-voucher scheme under which school funding would...
People want big health and big education, not big government
Kristian Niemietz
14 May 2010
5 comments

It is easy to be pessimistic about Britain’s future economic prospects. The Lib-Con coalition agreement contains policies which are troubling. Indeed, there is a danger the...
Going for “Sweden Plus” in education
Kristian Niemietz
22 March 2010
2 comments

Proposals to adopt Swedish-style education reforms, put forward by the Conservative Party and others, have recently come under fire from research by the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)....
The Conservatives must give Swedish-style “free schools” a lot more freedom
Philip Booth
25 January 2010
2 comments

The Conservatives’ plans for “free schools” are, arguably, their flagship policy. It is vital that there is no compromise when they are implemented. Schools are a good place to...
Don’t blame private schools, learn from them
Kristian Niemietz
9 July 2009
8 comments

We all know the tune. Private schools are a hotbed of elitism, pillars of a neo-feudal class system where people’s position in life is determined by birth and family name, not merit. Not so,...

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