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Civil and Uncivil Societies

The Reith Lectures

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Charter Schools - The Next Step in Education Reform

In the united states, there are more than two tho sand charter schools like english academies. The latest figure at harlem success academy was 99%. For science, it was a hundred and no, this was not because the charter schools cherry pick the best students or attract the most motivated parents. They do better because the school is both accountable and autonomous. In sweden, companies like cunscapscolon, the knowledge school, are educating tens of thousands of pupils. But perhaps the most remarkable case of all is india. There, as james toley has shown, the best hope of a decent education in the slums of cities like hydrobad comes from private schools such

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