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Civil and Uncivil Societies

The Reith Lectures

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The Education Revolution of the 20th Century

Private schools educate more than a quarter of pupils in macao, hong kong, south karea, tiwan and japan. Average pisa mat score for those places is ten % higher than for the uk. The education revolution of the 20 first century will be that good education will become available for an increasing proportion of children. If you're against that, then you're the elitist. You're the one who wants to keep poor kids in lousy schools.

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