The beautiful tree : a personal journey into how the world's poorest people are educating themselves / James Tooley.
2009
LC4065 .T66 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
The beautiful tree : a personal journey into how the world's poorest people are educating themselves / James Tooley.
Author
Tooley, James.
ISBN
9781933995922 (alk. paper)
1933995920 (alk. paper)
1933995920 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c2009.
Language
English
Description
ix, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
LC4065 .T66 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
371.909172/4
371.0091724
371.0091724
Summary
"While researching private schools in India, Tooley wandered into the slums of Hyderbad's Old City. He found it overflowing with small, parent-funded schools and set out to discover if they could help achieve universal education. This is the story of Tooley's travels in developing countries and of the children, parents, teachers and entrepreneurs who taught him that the poor are not waiting for educational handouts. They are building their own schools and learning to save themselves"--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-282) and index.
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Table of Contents
A discovery in India...
...That was no discovery after all
A puff of logic, Nigeria
The shifting goalposts, Ghana
The logically impossible, China
A Kenyan conundrum-and its solution
Poor ignoramuses
An inspector calls
Old monk, and young nuns on motorbikes
Making enemies with joy beside me
The men who uprooted the beautiful tree
Educating Amaretch.
...That was no discovery after all
A puff of logic, Nigeria
The shifting goalposts, Ghana
The logically impossible, China
A Kenyan conundrum-and its solution
Poor ignoramuses
An inspector calls
Old monk, and young nuns on motorbikes
Making enemies with joy beside me
The men who uprooted the beautiful tree
Educating Amaretch.