The Blackboard Monopolists
Maintaining a well-functioning education system is the most effective policy to help equip people with the knowledge and skills they need to boost their incomes and compete in a globalized economy. But, in the US and elsewhere, that means opening the door to greater competition in the supply of teachers and schools.
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CHICAGO – US President Barack Obama, like many Western leaders nowadays, made improving education one of his main promises to voters during his election campaign. But other domestic issues – health-care reform, budget battles, and high unemployment – have understandably loomed larger. And the United States is not alone: education reform is being held up in the United Kingdom and continental Europe as well.