The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma Ep 185: Fixing Indian Education
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Early Influences
- Karthik Muralidharan's intellectual journey began with casual exposure to The Economist at a young age.
- A scholarship to Singapore at 16 was a turning point, exposing him to effective economic policy.
Economics for Policy
- Karthik Muralidharan pursued economics to improve policy, influenced by his time in Singapore.
- He values private sector experience and uses it for public interest.
Discovering Education
- Karthik Muralidharan's interest in education was sparked by a conference in 2001.
- Speakers like Michael Kremer and Roopa Ramani highlighted the potential of research.
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
Carsick Morlitheran, Welcome to the Scene on the Unsen
04:30 • 5min
Getting a PhD in Development Economics
09:36 • 2min
How I Got Into Education
11:35 • 4min
The Doctor Alalia Thing, You Know
15:42 • 2min
What Do You Think of the Jhuss of Indian Education?
17:50 • 3min
The Senian Moral Point of View on Development, Right?
21:08 • 5min
The Problem of the Famine Isn't the Collapse of Food Production, Per Se.
25:49 • 3min
The Most Important Lesson for India From the Successful Economic Liberalization
28:44 • 5min
Government as Provider Is Your Competitors, Right?
33:32 • 3min
What Is the Problem With Public Schooling?
36:21 • 5min
Decentralization Is a Way to Let Democracy Deliver Better Services
41:03 • 1min
Indians Are Obsessive About Poverty, Not With Inequality
42:26 • 6min
Is Endrega a Good Idea?
48:07 • 3min
The Theory of Justice, a Theory of Ignorance
51:31 • 4min
Indian Colors Dot Com - The Unseen for 15 % of the Show
55:55 • 3min
The Glass Half Full Story
58:43 • 4min
Private Schools
01:02:29 • 5min
The Importance of Physical Capital Versus Human Capital in Education
01:07:19 • 2min
Teacher Training Programes - What's Going On?
01:09:27 • 4min
The New Education Policy Is a Great Document
01:13:45 • 5min
The Biggest Predictor of Teacher Absence
01:18:17 • 3min
The Problem of a Highly Motivated Teacher
01:21:06 • 3min
What Have I Just Done to You?
01:24:19 • 4min
Why You Shouldn't Get Rid of Boad Exams
01:28:00 • 3min
What Are You Talking About?
01:30:47 • 1min
How Much Are We Paying Teachers Well?
01:32:04 • 5min
Are We Optimizing for Filtration or Human Development?
01:37:32 • 4min
The Most Important Contribution of Research and Measurement Is Just Good Measurement
01:41:16 • 3min
What's the Metric of Success as Available?
01:43:58 • 4min
Is Cost Effective a Moral Imperative in a World of Limited Resources?
01:48:18 • 2min
The New Education Policy on Pubic Schools Is an Excellent Document
01:50:07 • 3min
The Sanctimonious Left, So to Say
01:53:11 • 4min
Is There a Need for Continuous and Comprehensive Assessment in Public Schools?
01:56:52 • 6min
Creating an Architecture of State Relations in India
02:02:24 • 2min
Is There a Sea Change in Policy Documents?
02:03:56 • 4min
Econ Central Podcast
02:07:34 • 2min
The Power of Good Data and Good Ideas
02:09:28 • 4min
Is There Any Coherence Down the Chain?
02:13:47 • 5min
Is There a Culture of Autonomy?
02:19:17 • 2min
The Importance of Data Integrity
02:21:00 • 5min
School Size Optimization
02:26:17 • 3min
Are We Getting Better Outcomes for Local Communities?
02:29:00 • 3min
How to Restruct Your Teacher Training
02:31:31 • 4min
The Contract Teacher Model Is Widely Believed to Have Failt
02:35:13 • 6min
Is There a Future for India?
02:41:04 • 4min
Private Schooling - What's the Point of Private School Vouchers?
02:45:03 • 4min
School Vouchers - What Does This Mean?
02:49:24 • 5min
The Choice Argument
02:54:44 • 2min
The Choice Argument Isn't Enough on Its Own
02:56:16 • 4min
What a Leto Rites Te Li One.
03:00:04 • 3min
The Reasons for Regulation of Private Schools
03:02:44 • 5min
How Do You Deliver Learning Outcomes at Scale to First Generation?
03:07:21 • 5min
What Keeps You Going, What's Your Private Use?
03:12:01 • 3min
The Art of the Researc, Right?
03:14:32 • 5min
It is a humanitarian and moral failure that 73 years after Independence, our education system remains broken. We have failed our children through all this time. Karthik Muralidharan joins Amit Varma in episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his insights from years of research on the ground. We can fix this. Is the NEP part of the solution? Also check out: 1. Karthik Muralidharan's bio at UCSD. 2. Walking the Talk -- Inga Kiderra's profile of Karthik Muralidharan. 3. Reforming the Indian School Education System -- Karthik Muralidharan's chapter from What the Economy Needs Now. 4. The State and the Market in Education Provision -- Karthik Muralidharan. 5. Karthik Muralidharan interview by Pranav Kothari for EI Dialogues. 6. Charting a Course for the Indian Economy -- Karthik Muralidharan in conversation with Arvind Subramanian. 7. Karthik Muralidharan's archived research and articles. 8. Education in India -- Episode 77 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Amit Chandra). 9. The Profit Motive in Education -- Episode 9 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Parth Shah). 10. The Right to Education Act -- Episode 19 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 11. Our Unlucky Children (2008) -- Amit Varma. 12. Fund Schooling, Not Schools (2007) -- Amit Varma. 13. A Prize for Evidence-Based Policy -- Karthik Muralidharan. 14. Why Abhijit Banerjee Had to Go Abroad to Achieve Glory -- Amit Varma. 15. Poverty and Famines -- Amartya Sen. 16. India’s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality -- Amit Varma. 17. On Inequality -- Harry Frankfurt. 18. A Theory of Justice -- John Rawls. 19. Anarchy, State and Utopia -- Robert Nozick. 20. Arguments for Liberty -- Aaron Ross Powell and Grant Babcock. 21. Saving Capitalism From the Capitalists -- Raghuram Rajan. 22. Out-Arnabing Arnab -- Episode 8 of Econ Central. 23. Parkinson's Law -- Cyril Northkote Parkinson. 24. Myths of Official Measurement -- Abhijeet Singh. 25. Centrally Sponsored Government Schemes -- Episode 17 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pranay Kotasthane). 26. The Aggregate Effect of School Choice -- Karthik Muralidharan and Venkatesh Sundararaman. 27. The Private Schooling Phenomenon in India: A Review -- Geeta G Kingdon. 28. Extending access to low-cost private schools through vouchers: an alternative interpretation -- James Tooley. Also, do check out Amit's writing course, The Art of Clear Writing.