Parents in emerging economies seem happy with schools that don’t teach their kids very much. The lack of demand for good quality education could be one of the biggest barriers to solving the education crisis.
There is a lot of untapped potential in would-be entrepreneurs in developing countries. But they can’t afford to “fail fast, fail often.”
If children worldwide are to receive the education they deserve, debate needs to move beyond public versus private, profit versus nonprofit.
Haruki Murakami uses running as a metaphor to describe his journey as a novelist, but the metaphor works equally well for social innovation.
The achievement gap between rich and poor is a complex and global challenge. Schooling alone is not meeting the needs of the poorest children. Innovative public-private partnerships for education could be part of the solution.
As the private school sector mushrooms across the developing world, fledgling charter school-style education frameworks are emerging.
Public and private schools are failing to give children in India a good education—we need an alternative approach.
