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James Tooley
Adjunct Scholar
James Tooley is a professor of education policy at Newcastle University. There he is the director of the E. G. West Centre, which is dedicated to choice, competition, and entrepreneurship in education. He has done extensive work in demonstrating the benefits of private education for low-income families. Much of his work has focused on identifying ways to make private education more accessible and to facilitate its growth in the developing world, especially among the poor.
Tooley has worked for over 25 years in educational development, including years of on-location experience in the developing world. He has served as a researcher at Manchester and Oxford Universities. His books include The Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey Into How the World's Poorest People Are Educating Themselves (2009), The Miseducation of Women (2003) and Reclaiming Education (2000). Tooley currently lives in Hyderabad, India, where he continues his lifelong work on educating the world's poor.
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Cato Studies
"Private Education is Good for the Poor: A Study of Private Schools Serving the Poor in Low-Income Countries," by James Tooley and Pauline Dixon, White Paper, December 7, 2005.
Opinion and Commentary
"Private Education and Development: A Missed Connection? (Part III)," Globalist, May 14, 2009
"Schools in the Slums of Hyderabad (Part II)," Globalist, May 13, 2009
"The Beautiful Tree (Part I)," Globalist, May 12, 2009
"Black-Market Schools," National Review (Online), April 29, 2009
"Aid for Education: Ask the World’s Poor What They Want," Cato.org, June 18, 2006
Multimedia
"The Beautiful Tree" featuring James Tooley, April 16, 2009 [Flash Audio, 09:06]
James Tooley discusses his book The Beautiful Tree on ABC News Now April 15, 2009 [Flash Video, 07:51]
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