education

Is education a public or a private good? Who gains from being educated? Olivia Liane Opitz   ABSTRACT This article examines whether education should be considered a private or public good and analyses the impact of both approaches on individuals and society. An equitable and accessible education system promotes social cohesion, economic stability and innovation. […]

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  A lot has been said and even more has been written about the countless vulnerabilities and hopeless shortcomings of the public education system. Arguments range from its propensity to produce consistently poor results and to inevitably become politically influenced and exploited, to the lack of opportunities that its cookie-cutter approach offers to both academically […]

Übernimmt der Staat zu viel von jenen Aufgaben, die die Eltern übernehmen sollten? Wie verhält es sich zwischen individuellem Glücksanspruch des Kindes und der Notwendigkeit, Leistungen zu erbringen? Journalistin und Sinologin Claudia Wirz im Gespräch mit Karl-Peter Schwarz.

Pauline Dixon on private schools for poor: What happens when governments cannot afford to provide schooling for children within their own countries? What happens when a country is plagued by badly functioning public institutions include the judiciary? What happens when a country has recently emerged from civil war? What happens when governments fail to provide […]