Man journeys to discover how private schools educate the poorest in the world...

[Mensch]

The book is entitled: "The Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey into how the World's Poorest People are Educating Themselves" by James Tooley.

Amazon.com: The Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey Into How the World's Poorest People Are Educating Themselves…

It's interesting to find, in so many parts of the world, that 70% of urban youth attend a private school and 30% of rural youth attend private school. This is despite a completely free (in most cases) public education system. The answer, obviously, is not more governmental aid to fund more bureaucratic education.

Here's a video of a similar study:

 

[Mensch]

No one has anything to say about how "the private schools are ONLY for the rich!"?

 

[Slartibartfast]

No one has anything to say about how "the private schools are ONLY for the rich!"?

Such a statement would not be true. One of the best schools in my town takes your income into account when charging tuition. Its a church school, but its pretty rigorous academically.

 

[Mensch]

Such a statement would not be true. One of the best schools in my town takes your income into account when charging tuition. Its a church school, but its pretty rigorous academically.

I was expecting a large thread.